Toronto’s Harbour is now free of nearly 100,000 pieces of plastic, thanks to Ports Toronto and the University of Toronto’s Trash Team.
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Toronto’s Harbour is now free of nearly 100,000 pieces of plastic, thanks to Ports Toronto’s Trash Trapping Program Network and the student researchers whose mission it is to increase waste literacy in the community while reducing plastic pollution in our ecosystems.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The microplastics found were the most common amid the debris, but there was also 18 kilograms of “anthropogenic” items that were recovered.REGISTER TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESAccess articles from across Canada with one accountGet email updates from your favourite authors
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