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茄子直播 Trash Team finds masses of plastic, 'fatbergs' and other waste in Toronto鈥檚 harbour: Toronto Star

large pieces of plastic collected from the waterfront at lake ontario
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New findings by the  and PortsToronto are raising awareness about Toronto harbour鈥檚 pollution problem, .

Over a four-month period, 鈥 think floating trash collectors 鈥 removed 100 kilograms of plastic waste, or almost 100,000 pieces of plastic from Lake Ontario.

Chelsea Rochman, assistant professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts & Science and head of operations at the 茄子直播 Trash Team, told the Star that 2022 was a 鈥渂ig year鈥 for pollution.

鈥淥ur trash trapping season included the highest number of trash traps yet,鈥 said Rochman.

The report also noted the collection of ,鈥 which are masses of household grease, baby wipes and toilet paper.

With this discovery, the 茄子直播 Trash Team is reminding everyone to, 鈥渙nly flush the three Ps! (pee, poop and paper).鈥

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