Thousands Step Up to Remove Shoreline Litter27/09/2010 |
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| The 17th annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup organised by Vancouver Aquarium and WWF Canada, presented by Loblaw Companies, was a great success, with over 47,000 Canadians having registered to clean over 1,200 sites across Canada. Over the week of 18th to 26th September, volunteers removed plastic bags, glass bottles, cigarette butts and hundreds of other items that put ecosystems and aquatic animals at risk. They also found unusual items, including a suitcase in Toronto, a safe full of documents in Ottawa, a lava lamp in Halifax, faux fur in Vancouver, and a bird bath in Montreal. |
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According to Jill Dwyer, manager, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, shoreline litter is an entirely preventable issue, which is why the organisers are so happy to have such a strong response from Canadians.
In 2009, approximately 161,000 kg of litter was removed from Canadian shorelines; this is the approximate weight of 358 adult male moose. Final results for the 2010 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies, will be released in November, after it has been submitted to the International Coastal Cleanup, the world's only international item-by-item, location-by-location snapshot of marine debris. This information helps build a better foundation for solutions to the world's aquatic litter problem.
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