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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Globally, the contamination of plastic waste in freshwater and marine ecosystems is increasing. We estimate that roughly 30 million tonnes of plastic waste entered aquatic ecosystems in 2020. If we continue business as usual, this number may increase as much as three-fold by 2030. There is no time to waste, and we all must doContinue reading "The International Trash Trap Network Workshop: West Africa"
Globally, the contamination of plastic waste in freshwater and marine ecosystems is increasing. We estimate that roughly 30 million tonnes of plastic waste entered aquatic ecosystems in 2020. If we continue business as usual, this number may increase as much as three-fold by 2030. There is no time to waste, and we all must doContinue reading "The International Trash Trap Network Workshop: Caribbean"
Join us on January 19th for an evening mixer with the U of T Trash Team. Come view the latest artistic iteration of our Kicking Plastic’s Butt! campaign in the Patagonia Toronto store windows and learn more about the team’s latest projects and initiatives. The Kicking Plastic's Butt! campaign demonstrates how cigarette butts are plastic pollution andContinue reading "Kicking Plastic’s Butt!: An Evening with U of T Trash Team"
Start off the new year with the University of Toronto Trash Team! It's the start of a new year, are you wondering how you can increase your waste literacy and circularity? Back by popular demand, you can join the University of Toronto Trash Team's Home Waste Audit and challenge yourself to reduce your waste asContinue reading "Home Waste Audit"
We'll be tabling as part of the showcase during the annual Adams Sustainability Award ceremony, celebrating the community of sustainability-minded students, faculty and staff at the University of Toronto! Event Schedule: Hosted by the University of Toronto Committee for the Environment, Climate Change & Sustainability as part of the 2022-23 Adams Sustainability Celebration
Globally, the contamination of plastic waste in freshwater and marine ecosystems is increasing. We estimate that roughly 30 million tonnes of plastic waste entered aquatic ecosystems in 2020. If we continue business as usual, this number may increase as much as three-fold by 2030. There is no time to waste, and we all must doContinue reading "International Trash Trap Network Workshop: Asia Pacific"
Take part in the world's largest cigarette butt cleanup, hosted by A Greener Future, with the aim to collect up to 1 million cigarette butts all in one day! Volunteers can pick up cigarette litter anywhere across the city, and then bring it to one of many drop-off locations throughout Toronto on April 1st fromContinue reading "Toronto Butt Blitz"
Meet Emily Chudnovsky, the talented artist behind Kicking Plastic's Butt! (and our Arts and Visual Communications Specialist). She'll talk about how cigarette butts are actually plastic and share her method of creating art from them. She'll be joined by Chelsea W, one of the campaign poster illustrators AND you can also catch a short video byContinue reading "Meet the Artist: Kicking Plastic’s Butt!"
Help clean the Don River in this annual event hosted by Don't Mess With the Don. While cleaning, drop by our table to chat waste literacy, and meet other local organizations who are working to keep our natural spaces clean and green.
Plastic In My Watershed! Participants will learn about plastic pollution in our watersheds and how our organization uses a solutions-based approach to research plastic pollution. In the first activity, participants will learn what a watershed is then explore the different sources and fate of plastics in our watershed using an interactive tabletop watershed model. InContinue reading "Science Rendezvous"
Join Don’t Mess with the Don, the U of T Trash Team, PortsToronto, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and Swim Drink Fish to clean up the banks of Taylor Creek.Continue reading "Taylor Creek Clean Up"
Visit our Kicking Plastic's Butt! table during this wonderful community event hosted by Community Matters Toronto in the St. James Neighbourhood. Our table will share more about our pollution preventionContinue reading "Cultural Collage"