Professor Judith Enck - The Problem with "Plastic How to Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late”

About this episode

Professor Judith Enck discusses the issues surrounding plastic pollution and her new book on how to address it.

Welcome Judith Enck who is a Professor at Bennington College in Vermont. She is the President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Regional Administrator, appointed by President Obama. Professor Enck is author of the new book "The Problem with Plastic: How to Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late”

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Gallagher

Guest: Judith Enck

Topics covered

• plastic pollution
• environmental protection
• sustainability
• EPA
• climate change

Keywords

• plastic
• pollution
• environment
• sustainability
• EPA
• Judith Enck
• Beyond Plastics
• climate change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bennington College, Beyond Plastics, EPA

Books & works: The Problem with Plastic: How to Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late

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