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A fun day of butt kicking!!! - plastic butts that is! ;)

🐟 We are seeking highly qualified candidates for a #PostdoctoralFellowship to support the Ontario Northern Boreal Program, serving as an expert on environmental #contaminants in fish that are part of subsistence #fisheries. #postdocjobs Apply by April 14 bit.ly/3ZmZFJw

👩‍🎨Meet Emily, the talented artist behind #KickingPlasticsButt! She'll be @ripleysaquaca Monday April 10 (noon-3pm) to talk about how #cigarettebutts are #plastic and share her method of creating art. She'll be joined by Chelsea, one of poster illustrators! 🐙🦈🐠🦝

So proud of Ashlyn! Her IAGLR presentation shared #FightingFloatablesTO and waste characterization findings from #TrashTraps along the #Toronto harbour. This data helps inform upstream solutions. We're just about to start our 2023 field season, let's go!! PortsToronto #IAGLR23

This June 11 join @uofttrashteam dontmesswiththedon PortsToronto Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Swim Drink Fish to clean #TaylorCreek and prevent litter from travelling to the Don River & eventually the ocean. #FightingFloatablesTO #LastStopTheOcean @CECWeb Osprey Initiative uofttrashteam.ca/event/taylor-c…

🦈Something sharky this way comes... WasteSharks are joining Toronto's harbour next week c/o PortsToronto (in partnership w/ RanMarine Technology). Can't wait to get our hands dirty & categorize what they... ingest. Follow along and share your sightings w/ #SharksTO & #WasteShark.

#MeetTheTeam - Mary is #KickingPlasticsButt and #FightingFloatables, two meaningful research projects to help reduce plastic pollution - both on land and floating in #LakeOntario! Go Mary! uofttrashteam.ca/cigarettebutts/ and uofttrashteam.ca/fightingfloata…

#MeetTheTeam - Abbi is a member of our #FightingFloatablesTO research team, spending this summer monitoring what #TrashTraps collect and keeping floating #PlasticPollution out of the #Toronto harbour. uofttrashteam.ca/fightingfloata…

Come join us next weekend to dive into some trashy treasures with the U of T Trash Team 🦝!! It should be fun!!

#MeetTheTeam Simran received this year's Plastic Pollution Prevention Fellowship, leading a project on #WetWipes. Did you know these contain #plastic and shouldn't be flushed down the drain? Her project aim is to prevent them from entering the #DonRiver. uofttrashteam.ca/wetwipes/

Can you spot all the small items of #plastic? Sabrina and Amber have a pretty detailed waste characterization ahead of them! #FightingFloatablesTO

Meet the Floatables Strategy team! On Thurs Sept 14 we’ll be Patagonia to share our collective work to fight #PlasticPollution on the waterfront and prevent it from entering our waterways. Can't wait! #FightingFloatablesTO #LastStopTheOcean RSVP here: fightingfloatables.splashthat.com

🚨 Did you know... most wet wipes are made of PLASTIC! 🚨 🌊 Many #WetWipes are made with #plastic fibers that can take hundreds of years to break down. Flushing wipes down the toilet contributes to #PlasticPollution in our waterways, and clogs pipes. 1/2

Join me Sun Sept 17 at Taylor Creek Park for the U of T Trash Team 🦝 #UrbanLitterChallenge to prevent litter in our watershed from entering #LakeOntario - every piece counts! Register here app.ocean.org/app/cleanup/de…. PortsToronto Ocean Conservancy Shoreline Cleanup #SeaTheChange

Beware the plastic wet wipe!

🍁Can you be-leaf it?? Our #FightingFloatablesTO field season has officially wrapped! Next up, #data analysis!! Results will be shared with local stakeholders and help inform future actions to prevent and reduce floating #plasticpollution. #LastStopTheOcean

The next time you're at Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, take a look at the public washrooms and you may just recognize our infographic! Designed by our very own sim 🌼, this infographic follows the journey of a flushed #WetWipe. #WipeVsPipes #DontFlushWetWipes

It's coming… our annual #HomeWasteAudit returns in January and we'd love to kick off 2024 together! Over 2-weeks you’ll decrease your waste footprint, divert waste from landfills & learn how local waste impacts the global waste footprint. Register at homewasteaudit.eventbrite.com

#LowWaste Gift Ideas: Share experiences like a warm beverage/meal. In #Toronto we suggest At Origin Cafe, UB Social Cafe &Gourmet Foods, Bindia Indian Bistro or . Harbourfront, part of our restaurant pilot who offer a combo of BYO & reusable/returnable foodware.#LowWasteHolidays

Check out the blog Hannah De Frond and I wrote about microplastics in food based upon our recent study with Ocean Conservancy 🔬