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Pollution & Plastics

Our ocean is home to countless marine species under threat from plastic pollution, underwater noise and chemicals. But it’s not just the whales and salmon that pay the price — humans are at risk, too.

11M

Tons of plastic ends up in our ocean annually

1,000,000+

Cleanup volunteers in Canada since 1994

27,800

Cleanups along 44,262 kilometres of shoreline

9%

Amount of single-use plastic actually recycled in Canada

2M

Kilograms of garbage diverted from Canada's waterways

29

Years Ocean Wise has dedicated to its ocean pollution program

Pollution Tracker

A monitoring program for coastal British Columbia, Canada, PollutionTracker documents the levels and trends of hundreds of contaminants of concern in mussels and nearshore ocean sediments.

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