BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250627T211115Z UID:C3279BB1-C577-43A4-A979-93226B0A71D1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T190000 DESCRIPTION:“Plastic Pollution and its Sustainable Management Utilizing G reen Economy Strategies”\n\nwith Alok Prasad Das\, Department of Life Sc iences\, Rama Devi Women’s University\, Odisha\, India\n\nDate/Time: Tue sday\, February 25\, 2025\; 6:00-7:00 pm PST\, 9-10 pm EST\, 7:30-8:30 am IST\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe Earth’s biosphere represents a natural ecosystem characterized by intrinsic self-remediation mechanisms\; nonetheless\, th e contemporary tempo of resource extraction and the associated depletion o f natural resources underscore alarming detrimental ecological trends.\n\n The life cycle of plastic materials presently poses a significant threat t o planetary boundaries\, suggesting that pollution resulting from plastics may surpass a critical threshold\, thereby engendering enduring global ra mifications for climate\, ecosystems\, and levels of biodiversity. The maj ority of the compounds that confer distinctive properties to plastics\, in cluding hardness\, durability\, malleability\, color\, and plasticity\, ar e emitted into the atmosphere during incineration practices. This process releases a plethora of hazardous substances into the air\, adversely affec ting human skin and visual health\, increasing the likelihood of cancer an d cardiovascular diseases\, provoking headaches and nausea\, and potential ly inflicting damage to neurological and reproductive systems.\n\nThe perv asive environmental challenges necessitate the adoption of greener technol ogies that uphold the integrity of global environmental issues\, irrespect ive of their complexity and the solutions required for implementation. The integration of waste management with environmental sustainability and eco nomic development constitutes a fundamental milestone within the framework of a circular economy. There exists an urgent imperative for developing n ations to advance towards a circular economy in order to fulfil their sust ainable development objectives. To genuinely progress towards a circular e conomy\, structural enhancements and the innovation of novel materials rec overy methodologies are essential. Greener technologies are regarded as an innovative paradigm that facilitates economic advancement while simultane ously ensuring the preservation of environmental sustainability.\n\nSpeake r(s): Alok Prasad Das\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Introduction of Speaker\n\n7 :00 pm Adjourn\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467465 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467465 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:28 SUMMARY:SusTech Talk Feb 2025 – Plastic Pollution and its Sustainable Man agement Utilizing Green Economy Strategies URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/467465 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h3><strong>&ldquo\;Plastic Pollution and its Sustainable Management Utilizing Green Economy Strategies&rdquo\;</strong ></h3>\n<p>with <strong>Alok Prasad Das</strong>\, Department of Life Scie nces\, Rama Devi Women&rsquo\;s University\, Odisha\, India</p>\n<p><stron g>Date/Time:</strong> Tuesday\, February 25\, 2025\; 6:00-7:00 pm PST\, 9- 10 pm EST\, 7:30-8:30 am IST</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>\n<p st yle="text-align: justify\;">The Earth&rsquo\;s biosphere represents a natu ral ecosystem characterized by intrinsic self-remediation mechanisms\; non etheless\, the contemporary tempo of resource extraction and the associate d depletion of natural resources underscore alarming detrimental ecologica l trends.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">The life cycle of plastic materials presently poses a significant threat to planetary boundaries\, s uggesting that pollution resulting from plastics may surpass a critical th reshold\, thereby engendering enduring global ramifications for climate\, ecosystems\, and levels of biodiversity. The majority of the compounds tha t confer distinctive properties to plastics\, including hardness\, durabil ity\, malleability\, color\, and plasticity\, are emitted into the atmosph ere during incineration practices. This process releases a plethora of haz ardous substances into the air\, adversely affecting human skin and visual health\, increasing the likelihood of cancer and cardiovascular diseases\ , provoking headaches and nausea\, and potentially inflicting damage to ne urological and reproductive systems.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;" >The pervasive environmental challenges necessitate the adoption of greene r technologies that uphold the integrity of global environmental issues\, irrespective of their complexity and the solutions required for implementa tion. The integration of waste management with environmental sustainabilit y and economic development constitutes a fundamental milestone within the framework of a circular economy. There exists an urgent imperative for dev eloping nations to advance towards a circular economy in order to fulfil t heir sustainable development objectives. To genuinely progress towards a c ircular economy\, structural enhancements and the innovation of novel mate rials recovery methodologies are essential. Greener technologies are regar ded as an innovative paradigm that facilitates economic advancement while simultaneously ensuring the preservation of environmental sustainability.< /p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br / ><p>6:00 pm Introduction of Speaker</p>\n<p>7:00 pm Adjourn</p>\n<p>&nbsp\ ;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR