United for Shoreline
Teaming up to cleanup always makes for great results. When senior and executive leaders from Westminster Savings Credit Union and Prospera Credit Union met at the White Rock pier, they did not expect the amoun...
Cleaning Canada’s Shoreline: 2019 in Review
An outstanding number of Canadians of all ages took to their shorelines in support of healthy waterways this year. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup saw record-breaking numbers of cleanups happening from co...
Shoreline Spotlight: Site Coordinator Tackles Litter on Foot and Flotilla
When a passion for waterways mixes with the determination to take
action, amazing things can happen. Hamilton, Ontario resident Lee Brubacher had
never organized a shoreline cleanup before, but this September ...
What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines
If you were in Toronto this summer, you may have been lucky enough to meet two summer educators of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Brad Staite and Connor Thompson, took to the community each week to enga...
Shoreline cleanups happen everywhere – even in the Arctic!
The students collected nearly 20kg of waste during their cleanups!
What kind of litter is on an arctic shoreline? Plastic pollution in the ocean is ubiquitous it appears even in the most remote arctic regio...
Ocean Wise® Wins Pollution Probe Award
The annual Pollution Probe Gala, called Living in the Plastic Age, calls attention to the crisis of plastic pollution on our planet. Pollution Probe has chosen to highlight Plastic Wise, an Ocean Wise initiativ...
Shoreline Spotlight: Instagrammable Beach Trash
Working as a kayak guide in Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, Jennifer MacLatchy began to collect marine debris she came across while paddling. Surprised by the amount of litter she collected, Jennifer used her arti...
A Tale of (Cleaning) Two Cities
Every month, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup leads a backyard cleanup at the Toronto and Vancouver offices. Obviously, these cleanups look very different depending on where they happen. In Toronto, the te...