Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

PUKAS: Reduce Microplastic Waste

PUKAS: Reduce Microplastic Waste

By Annabelle Pukas April 23, 2021

Over the last few years, the world’s plastic problem has garnered a lot of public attention; in one incident, a viral video of a marine conservation biologist pulling a straw from a sea turtle’s nose...

COURTESY BENJAMIN VON WONG
A promotional poster for the student startup Fiber Filters, which seeks to keep microplastics out of the worlds oceans.

Georgetown Student Startup Addresses Microplastic Pollution

By Georgia Payne November 17, 2017

Student-run startup Fiber Filter is promoting its new fiber-catching laundry bag prototype in a promotional video that aims to pressure washing machine companies to take social responsibility for microplastic...

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