Increasing Waste Literacy to Fight Plastic Pollution
We host and participate in a variety of events throughout the year, from community cleanups, to presentations, workshops and info tables.
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Since 2017, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has been raising awareness, supporting local action, and developing tools to address the problem of land-based marine litter in North America. DuringContinue reading "Engaging Local Communities across North America to Reduce Marine Litter"
Emily Chudnovsky, detail of the felting process for "Unwoven Strands A Visual Study of Microfibers," 2023. Hart House's Talking Walls provides a venue for our artist-in-residence Emily Chudnovsky’s newest seriesContinue reading "Unwoven Strands: A Visual Study of Microfibers"
As part of the Floatable Waste Collaborative Action in Lake Ontario and Toronto’s Inner Harbour, this is one of a series of awareness and community science events aimed at categorizingContinue reading "Waste Categorization: Celebrate the Humber"
A webinar to showcase our research with Toronto restaurants and share strategies to shift from single-use foodware to reusables. Join a webinar hosted by the University of Toronto Trash TeamContinue reading "Reusables in Restaurants"
On Saturday July 20, join our Trash Trap Dive for a one-of-a-kind opportunity to peek behind the scenes and learn how to characterize litter diverted by trash traps on the TorontoContinue reading "Today’s Catch: Trash Trap Dive"
On Saturday August 17, join our Plastic Pellet Blitz to become a community scientist and learn standard protocols to monitor and cleanup plastic pellets. Join our first-ever Plastic Pellet Blitz,Continue reading "Plastic Pellet Blitz: A Community Science Event"
Celebrate the International Coastal Cleanup with the U of T Trash Team by joining one of our community cleanups. Hosted in neighbourhoods in and around the Toronto area, we’ll prevent litter inContinue reading "Urban Litter Challenge"
This webinar series highlights a selection of our Pollution Prevention Projects – aimed at tackling plastic pollution in the environment, one source at a time! Our Pollution Prevention Projects focus on sourcesContinue reading "Pollution Prevention Project Webinar Series"
Swing by our table and talk aobut plastic pollution during this event hosted by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as part of the Floatable Waste Collaborative Action in Lake Ontario andContinue reading "Trick-or-Trade: Halloween Costume Swap"