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Author Archives: UofTTrashTeam

A Fight Against Plastic Pollution in the Toronto HarbourĀ 

Find out more about a day in the life of a Fighting Floatables Research Assistant and how their work is helping clean up the Toronto Harbourfront while also informing positive change!

Posted byUofTTrashTeamMarch 10, 2023May 9, 2024Posted inOutreach, ResearchTags:GreatLakes, PlasticPollutionLeave a comment on A Fight Against Plastic Pollution in the Toronto HarbourĀ 

Kicking Plastic’s Butt!

A campaign to end cigarette butt litter on Toronto’s waterfront.

Posted byUofTTrashTeamJanuary 9, 2023September 28, 2023Posted inOutreach, ResearchTags:Art, CigaretteButts, PlasticPollutionLeave a comment on Kicking Plastic’s Butt!

Rewriting the Story of Toronto’s Trash: Another Successful Urban Litter Challenge

Community cleanup spread out across the city.

Posted byUofTTrashTeamNovember 25, 2022January 13, 2023Posted inEvents, OutreachTags:PlasticPollution, WasteReductionLeave a comment on Rewriting the Story of Toronto’s Trash: Another Successful Urban Litter Challenge

What is Keeping Businesses in the GTA from Ditching Single-use Foodware?

Reflection on what we learned interviewing food service businesses in Toronto during the pandemic.

Posted byUofTTrashTeamJuly 7, 2022January 9, 2023Posted inResearchTags:PlasticPollution, WasteReductionLeave a comment on What is Keeping Businesses in the GTA from Ditching Single-use Foodware?

Every Litt(er) Bit Counts

Community cleanup at Sir Casimir Gzowski park

Posted byUofTTrashTeamJune 23, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inEvents, OutreachTags:PlasticPollutionLeave a comment on Every Litt(er) Bit Counts

Freshwater Ecosystems: Small But Mighty

Learn more about the freshwater crisis and how you can be part of the solution

Posted byUofTTrashTeamApril 20, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inOutreachTags:Freshwater, GreatLakesLeave a comment on Freshwater Ecosystems: Small But Mighty

How Much Trash Can a Trash Trap Trap?

Ā© Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup

Reflecting on the International Trash Trap Network’s accomplishments, one year in

Posted byUofTTrashTeamMarch 31, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inResearchTags:PlasticPollution, TrappingTrashLeave a comment on How Much Trash Can a Trash Trap Trap?

What we Learned by Counting our Household Waste

Ā© Ludovic Hermabessiere

2022 Home Waste Audit Reflections

Posted byUofTTrashTeamFebruary 28, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inEvents, Outreach, ResearchTags:PlasticPollution, Recycling, WasteManagement, WasteReductionLeave a comment on What we Learned by Counting our Household Waste

Plastiques – un cocktail chimique

Ā© Scott Higgins

La pollution plastique n’est pas seulement une affaire de particules mais aussi de produits chimiques !

Posted byUofTTrashTeamFebruary 4, 2022April 1, 2022Posted inResearchTags:PlasticPollutionLeave a comment on Plastiques – un cocktail chimique

Plastics – a ChemicalĀ CockTALE

Ā© Scott Higgins

Plastic pollution is more than particles – chemicals are in there too!

Posted byUofTTrashTeamFebruary 4, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inResearchTags:PlasticPollutionLeave a comment on Plastics – a ChemicalĀ CockTALE

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