How Seabins Work - Vancouver Plastic Cleanup

We're taking action to clean up the waterways of Vancouver.
In 2017, 25,000 microplastics were counted in False Creek in a single reading. An estimated 30 billion microplastics are released into Vancouver's waters each year by water treatment plants, polluting their surrounding watersheds.
That’s why we’re taking action. As part of the Peter Wall Coastal Protection Initiative, Swim Drink Fish is launching the Vancouver Plastic Cleanup by installing, maintaining, and overseeing multiple trash skimmers, including Seabins, in Vancouver over the next three years to engage in a waste characterization, plastic education, and advocacy project.
Thank you to our wonderful partners on this project for their support in launching False Creek's very first trash skimmers: The Peter Wall Charitable Foundation, Pollution Probe, Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup, Dentist on Demand, CMHC, Maritime Market Marina, Sea Village Marina, Smart Marine Co., Water Products & Solutions, Poralu Marine, Surfrider Vancouver, and the U of T Trash Team.
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