Pollution & Plastics

Plastics Lab

Whether you are a business, government or individual the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab can help you learn more about your microplastic emissions and innovate ways to stop them at the source

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Innovation Testing

With 12 dedicated research staff and state-of-the-art techniques we can help you test your microplastic solutions

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Microfiber Partnership

The Microfiber Partnership brings together leaders in sustainable textiles to develop new solutions to microplastic shedding.

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Reduce your plastic footprint

Here are 12 simple ways for you to make a difference, by thinking ahead, planning things out, and reducing your...

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Lead a Shoreline Cleanup

Help us stop the leak of plastic litter into our water ways and leave our beaches cleaner for the next generation

Researching Microplastics at the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab

How is home laundry impacting ocean health? Cutting-edge science at Ocean Wise is investigating just that.

Smart Wash Cycle Design Can Reduce Microfiber Shedding

About the Lab

The Ocean Wise Plastics Lab is a state-of-the-art research laboratory located in Vancouver, Canada. The Plastics Lab delivers world-class technical expertise on microplastic pollution through its dedicated and diverse team of research scientists. We empower our partners in business, government, and academia to tackle critical challenges relating to microplastics and microfibers. We believe in creating meaningful partnerships to co-create innovative solutions to target plastic pollution.

Our work

Microplastics

Wash cycle conditions shown to have significant impact on microfiber shedding

Microplastics

Ocean Wise’s new study offers hopeful solutions to microfiber pollution from clothing

Youth

A Day in the Life of a Plastics Lab Researcher

Microplastics

Laundry Releases Trillions of Plastic Microfibers Into the Ocean

Cut Unnecessary Plastic from Your Diet for Plastic Free July

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Ocean Wise is based in the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We work across Turtle Island and beyond, supporting Indigenous peoples in their vital work on ocean conservation and biodiversity whenever possible or as we are invited to.