Masses of plastic, ’fatbergs’ and other waste in Toronto’s harbour: Toronto Star

University of Toronto Trash Team finds masses of plastic, ’fatbergs’ and other waste in Toronto’s harbour: Toronto Star New findings by the  University of Toronto Trash Team  and PortsToronto are raising awareness about Toronto harbour’s pollution problem, according to the Toronto Star .

Over a four-month period, specially engineered seabins - think floating trash collectors - 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 University of Toronto Trash Team, told the Star that 2022 was a "big year" for pollution.

"Our trash trapping season included the highest number of trash traps yet," said Rochman.

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

With this discovery, the University of Toronto Trash Team is reminding everyone to, "only flush the three Ps! (pee, poop and paper)."

the Toronto Star

Read more at CBC

Statement of Land Acknowledgement We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.  Read about University of Toronto’s Statement of Land Acknowledgement.