Increasing levels of plastic pollution represent a serious global environmental issue that negatively impacts the economic, environmental and health dimensions of sustainable development.
On World Water Day, March 22, the Water Institute brought more than 250 people together to celebrate water and raise awareness about the need to unite around protecting and conserving our most precious resource. This included 60 youth from Six Nations Polytechnic and Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School.
Waterloo researchers’ new technology has the potential to reduce the plastic industry’s carbon footprint
From “failed” experiment to world-changing discovery, Waterloo PhD student turns unexpected bacterial sample into novel research
On March 22, Water Institute researchers from the Global Water Futures program will join a panel discussion to explore the University of Waterloo’s legacy in developing sustainable water management solutions under the $78 million pan-Canadian Global Water Futures program.
Water Institute member, Richard Petrone, has been appointed editor for a special collection in Scientific Reports.
Research into remote snowpacks unveils insights into climate change, water resource management and the future of our planet
The Faculty of Science is embedding Indigenous knowledges and spaces into science scholarship
Dr. Elisabeth Prince is on a mission to create degradable and recyclable plastics towards a circle economy and a sustainable future
Waterloo graduate student Megan Iun, MASc Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and part of the River Hydraulics Research Group, has been awarded a scholarship honouring one of the pioneers of fluvial geomorphology.