The team behind Toronto’s Trash Trapping Program Network says it removed close to 100,000 small pieces of plastic from the city’s harbour last year.
PortsToronto, in partnership with the University of Toronto’s so called “Trash Team,” said they caught 92,891 pieces of pollution between May and September through the use of 10-- which are positioned near the water’s surface and suck trash into a catch bag with a pump.
“Seven U of T Trash Team research assistants worked daily throughout the summer to empty PortsToronto’s Seabins and quantify and characterize what we diverted from Lake Ontario,” Dr.
By weight, the program removed 118.15 kilograms of anthropogenic debris and microplastics, which PortsToronto said can harm wildlife and contaminate drinking water.
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