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Plastic waste

Plastic pollution and juvenile fish in the ocean

UBC experts on Canada’s regulation of single-use plastics

UBC experts are available to comment on the federal government’s new regulations aimed at eliminating or restricting certain single-use plastics that pose a threat to the environment.

Jun 20, 2022

Credit: Melbourne Zoo

How this turtle helped reduce plastic waste in an office building

This turtle helped reduce plastic waste – and no, not by eating it.

May 10, 2022

UBC researchers analysed data from 1,226 voluntary cleanups organized by the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC). Photo: Monica Phung.

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.

Aug 2, 2018

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