Shoreline Cleanup – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

November 10, 2020

In 2020, oceans and freshwaters across Canada received great news. The federal government announced a ban on six types of single-use plastics, coming into effect in 2021. Part of the data used to inform this d...

Clean Shoreline Communities: municipalities as leaders in the fight against plastic pollution

Ocean Wise

July 31, 2020

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

Plastic litter is a critical issue facing all of Canada's waterways in communities across the country, from lakes and rivers to every ocean coastline. Unfortunately, much of the plastic waste that ends up in t...

#TeamShoreline needs your help reaching one million citizens by September

Ocean Wise

July 13, 2020

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

We’ve missed you! After putting cleanups on hold for nearly four months, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup will relaunch on July 14th to solo, household and small team cleanups. In March, the program asked ...

United for Shoreline

Ocean Wise

January 30, 2020

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

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

Ocean Wise

December 17, 2019

Shoreline Cleanup

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

Ocean Wise

November 26, 2019

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

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

Ocean Wise

November 18, 2019

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

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!

Ocean Wise

November 5, 2019

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

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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...

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