Ocean Cleanup

• B.C. funds $25 million more for marine restoration, doubling program

  British Columbia's Environment Ministry has announced another $25 million in funding for coastal cleanup and restoration of the marine environment.

  Environment

  May 30, 2023
  
• More than 2,400 ‘mystery’ scrap tires removed from remote island off B.C. coast

  No one knows the "mystery" of how the abandoned tires got to the remote island, according to plastic pollution specialist Abby McLennan.

  Environment

  Nov 30, 2022
  
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• Cleanup crews return to B.C. marking ‘major milestone’ in mission to rid oceans of trash

  Over 12 weeks, two vessels from The Ocean Cleanup collected more than 28,000 kilograms of trash from the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

  Environment

  Oct 20, 2021
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• New device catches trash in rivers before it reaches oceans: Dutch inventor

  The vessel is designed to be moored in rivers and has a nose shaped to deflect away larger floating debris like tree trunks.

  Environment

  Oct 26, 2019