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Nanaimo RCMP were called out Saturday, March 15, at about 3:30 p.m., following reports that a person was throwing what they described as a "full-size plastic canoe" around the old Jean Burns property ...
We are monitoring the situation closely and working with the authorities to help track the location of plastic debris. This once again shows the vulnerability and fragility of our precious marine ...
A study published in the Genomic Press earlier this month states how plastic water bottles are the “biggest source [for microplastics] by far.” Therefore, should one make the switch from ...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Iligan City is set to develop a marine protection plan aimed at curbing plastic waste in its coastal waters, officials said Thursday. Armien Alorro, chief of the City Disaster ...
The oceans face a massive and growing threat from plastics. An estimated 33 billion pounds of plastic pollution flood our marine environment from land-based sources every year — that’s roughly ...
Canadians throw away over 3 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. Plastic waste and marine litter burdens our economy and threatens the health of the environment including wildlife, rivers, ...
A huge thank you to everyone who got involved with a beach clean or litter survey in 2024. Here's a full breakdown of the results. Ocean recovery is happening. We can see it and we can measure it.
sailing through some of the most important and diverse marine environments on the planet. This includes crossing four of the five oceanic gyres, where ocean plastic is known to accumulate, and the ...
The implications of plastic pollution, including microplastics, on marine ecosystems and species are increasingly seen as an environmental disaster. Yet few reports focus on filter-feeding megafauna ...