Events

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 categorizing waste collected from the waterfront. Learn more about the types and amount of floating plastic pollution we find in Lake Ontario! Swing by our tableContinue 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 Team in partnership with Toronto Environmental Alliance, Green Neighbours Network and Enviromentum to explore the insights from our door-to-door research conducted with hundreds of foodservice businessesContinue 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 Toronto Waterfront. You’ll have the unique opportunity to: Event details:

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, a cleanup focused on a less familiar source of microplastic pollution called pre-production plastic pellets! Plastic pellets are the building blocks used to make everydayContinue 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 in our watershed from entering Lake Ontario and its connected tributaries! Volunteers will collect data on the type and amount of litter collected, which contributes toContinue 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 sources of plastic pollution, informed by the types of plastic we cleanup as part of our Fighting Floatables initiative – aimed at reducing and monitoring plastic pollution andContinue 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 and Toronto’s Inner Harbour. This event is also your chance to participate in a fun costume exchange! Bring the pre-loved children’s Halloween costumes that are hauntingContinue reading "Trick-or-Trade: Halloween Costume Swap"

Join us for the premiere of Life of a Pellet, a stop motion short film exploring pre-production plastic pellet pollution. Made entirely of plastic trash and real plastic pellets, Life of a Pellet tells the tale of Peter the Pellet who is excited to become a useful plastic item in the world but gets lost outside aContinue reading "Life of a Pellet: Plastic Pollution Short Film & Mixer"

Come swing by our table at this year’s EcoFair Toronto! 🌱 The EcoFair showcases environmental non-profits and eco-friendly businesses to celebrate their success and inspire everyone to join them inContinue reading "EcoFair Toronto"

Join us at Waste & Recycling Expo Canada. Eden Hataley presents on plastic pollution with an exploration of the diverse tools necessary to address it. We also have student researchContinue reading "Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo"

Join a screening of the documentary Plastic People followed by a discussion panel to explore awareness and action on the growing issue of plastic pollution. Hear from experts, including LaylaContinue reading "Plastic People Movie Screening & Panel"

Join a panel exploring why plastics are so ubiquitous, what impact they are having on us and our planet, and, most importantly, how can we rise to the challenge ofContinue reading "Climate North: Plastics Unwrapped"