Plastic waste
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In this Q&A, zoology masters students Carley Winter and Clare Kilgour discuss their project monitoring the effects of salt levels on coho salmon in streams around Vancouver.
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Microplastic pollution: Plants could be the answer
UBC scientists create device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.
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How this turtle helped reduce plastic waste in an office building
This turtle helped reduce plastic waste – and no, not by eating it.
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Cigarettes account for half of waste recovered on Vancouver and Victoria shorelines
Plastic waste—particularly from smoking-- still dominates litter collected from B.C. coastlines, a recent study from the University of British Columbia has found.
