SMEA alum, Andrew Kenefick (’23), has been appointed to the Roundtable on Plastics Committee established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide as a forum for examining issues associated around national efforts to reduce plastic pollution.

The Roundtable will serve as a collaborative platform for federal agencies and cross-disciplinary experts in academia, industry, and non-governmental organizations to discuss research initiatives. Areas of focus will include plastics production and waste management, environmental and health impacts, and data collection, management, and modeling. The goal of the roundtable is to explore and advance systemic solutions and interventions across each state of the life cycle, address the complexity and diversity of issues in reducing plastic waste, and advance the development of innovative solutions to the plastic pollution and waste problem.

Congratulations, Andrew!