2020-2025 ACES Strategic Plan
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) strives to ensure a vibrant future for discoverers, learners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
ACES Technology Services
ACES Technology Services (ATS) is comprised of IT offices in all academic departments and administrative units in ACES.
Future Interdisciplinary Research Explorations (FIRE)
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Future Interdisciplinary Research Explorations (FIRE) award program receives funding from the ACES Office o
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Bylaws
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Producers and consumers must share burden of global plastic packaging waste
URBANA, Ill. – Plastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and pollute the global environment.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area twice size of Texas, consists of plastic waste from all over the world, carried by currents to converge in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The floating waste breaks down into microplastics, which are consumed by fish and in turn by humans who eat those fish.
Food Systems
Degree requirements: none
Program length: 5 courses (18-24 months)
Format: hybrid (online and in-person)