Joanna Toole Award (2023) - Ocean Legacy Foundation (Canada)

North AmericaEOL Gear Collection/RecyclingOutreach and Education
Written By Joel Baziuk
 
 

Project Summary

Ocean Plastic Depot Development          

Over the last five years, the Ocean Legacy Foundation has successfully established seven Ocean Plastic Depots (OPDs) across British Columbia, Canada, and has developed a Plastic Pollution Emergency Response Facility in Steveston, British Columbia. This endeavor represents one of the largest marine debris collection and recycling networks in the country and engages a variety of regional and local community partners, marine industry stakeholders, as well as local Indigenous groups. This project is building on the ongoing work of Ocean Legacy in the development of a provincial strategy around the responsible recycling and end-of-life management of marine debris and ALDFG materials.

As of April, 2024, the Ocean Legacy Foundation has diverted 1,196,724.07 Kilograms of debris from landfills.

 
 
 
Joel Baziuk
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