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X-WR-CALNAME:Ezra's Round Table / Systems Seminar: Corinne Scown (Lawrence 
 Berkeley National Lab)
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DESCRIPTION:Overcoming the Engineering and Environmental Challenges of Achi
 eving a More Circular Economy\n\nFrom food scraps to plastics\, much of th
 e modern economy relies on the ability of humans to generate and discard w
 aste with minimal consequences. Less than 10% of plastic products used in 
 the United States are recycled and well over half of landfilled waste is o
 rganic material\, some of which decays quickly to release fugitive methane
  (a potent greenhouse gas). This seminar will explore a range of options f
 or moving toward a circular economy\, some of which require shifts in the 
 types of products we use and how we dispose of them (novel circular plasti
 cs)\, some require changes only in how our plastic waste is sorted and rec
 ycled (solvent-assisted recycling)\, and some of which focus on improving 
 resource recovery from organic waste streams available today. Quantitative
  analysis results include life-cycle greenhouse gas tradeoffs between diff
 erent waste reduction/recycling strategies\, as well as human health impac
 ts associated with changes in air pollutant emissions.\n\nBio:\nCorinne Sc
 own is the Vice President and founder of the Life-cycle\, Economics\, and 
 Agronomy Division (LEAD) at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)\, Deputy 
 Director for Research of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts (EA
 EI) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab\, and Head of Sustainabilit
 y at the Energy and Biosciences Institute (EBI). Scown’s expertise inclu
 des life-cycle assessment\, techno-economic analysis\, biofuels and biopro
 ducts\, and co-management of energy and water. She has led projects funded
  by the U.S. Department of Energy\, California Energy Commission\, Califor
 nia Air Resources Board\, and Energy Biosciences Institute. She also frequ
 ently collaborates with companies ranging from small startups to large mul
 tinational corporations in the bioenergy and bioproducts domain. Scown ear
 ned a B.S. in civil engineering with a double-major in engineering and pub
 lic policy at Carnegie Mellon University\, and she received her Ph.D. and 
 M.S. in civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley. She currently 
 teaches at UC Berkeley.
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LOCATION:Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall\, 253
SUMMARY:Ezra's Round Table / Systems Seminar: Corinne Scown (Lawrence Berke
 ley National Lab)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/ezras_round_table_systems_se
 minar_corinne_scown_lawrence_berkeley_national_lab
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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