<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Plastic Waste | Ellen Considine</title><link>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/tags/plastic-waste/</link><atom:link href="https://ellenconsidine.github.io/tags/plastic-waste/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Plastic Waste</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/media/icon_hu08c6a69d25577fccb22817bacfe74a35_26805_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.png</url><title>Plastic Waste</title><link>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/tags/plastic-waste/</link></image><item><title>A Spatiotemporal, Quasi-experimental Causal Inference Approach to Characterize the Effects of Global Plastic Waste Export and Burning on Air Quality Using Remotely Sensed Data</title><link>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/publication/plastic-aq-causal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/publication/plastic-aq-causal/</guid><description>&lt;p>Visual abstract uses images from &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thegef/8652479588">Global Environment Facility&lt;/a> and &lt;a href="https://stocksnap.io/photo/satellite-orbit-JRVIMXKSYX">StockSnap&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>'Breathing Data' and other works</title><link>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/project/breathing_data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ellenconsidine.github.io/project/breathing_data/</guid><description>&lt;p>Writing for a broader audience&amp;hellip;&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://theconversation.com/a-lot-of-recycled-plastic-is-being-burned-overseas-and-causing-widespread-pollution-linked-to-health-problems-275800">2026 article&lt;/a> for &lt;em>The Conversation&lt;/em> about global plastic waste, health impacts of waste burning, and recent policies focusing on plastic waste trade and production.&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>2021 &lt;a href="https://bcphr.org/fellow-ellen-considine/">series of blog posts&lt;/a> on air pollution, global health, and data science for &lt;em>HPHR Journal&lt;/em>, formerly the &lt;em>Harvard Public Health Review&lt;/em>.&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Cover image from PurpleAir map on June 7, 2021.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>