May 17, 2018

Isabelle de Mozenette Infuses Sustainability into UW School of Dentistry

The US throws away 50 million pounds of plastic toothbrushes every year. Isabelle de Mozenette, a UW Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP) student piloted a small project with the University of Washington School of Dentistry students to switch to compostable options in dental patient goodie bags. I was super psyched about this project when Isabelle brought it up to me in our EcoReps meeting and super honored to have been a small part of the project’s success when she presented her final results of the pilot and recommendations for going forward.

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