Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup A shoreline is anywhere that land meets water. Be it river, lake, ocean, wetland or pond, and Canada's shorelines need your help. Toronto Zoo has been a proud participant in the TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup for several years. Each September we join hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the world for our part in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), an international effort coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy. The Vancouver Aquarium started the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup program over 13 years ago, and the program has grown from a local beach cleanup to a national program with volunteers in every province and territory. Aquatic litter harms more than just fish - the GCSC helps turtles too! In 2006, among 966 sites (813 in 2005) across the country, 40,781 volunteers (36,798 in 2005) cleaned up 2080 kilometres (1,477 in 2005) of coastline and filled 8824 garbage bags weighing a total of 84,708kg! All collected waste was disposed of ethically through sorted recycling and waste services. Canadian activities took place along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic coastlines, the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and numerous prairie rivers and lakes. Pinky Rivera- McCarthy from Toronto Zoo's Education Department organized our local clean-up at the Rouge River beach. For our part, 53 volunteers including high school students from Mowat C.I., Toronto Zoo staff and volunteers, Rouge Park staff, and community members, collected 36 bags of garbage. For more information on how you can participate in this year's event click here http://shorelinecleanup.ca/. ©2010 Toronto Zoo. All rights reserved. Images not to be reproduced.    Sitemap     admin

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