More than 200 people turned up at Vancouver's English Bay Saturday morning to help with the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The group collected more than three large garbage bins and one recycling bin, as well as oversized pieces of metal and wood. The most common piece of litter out there? Cigarette butts. "Thousands of cigarette butts were … [Read more...]
Shoreline cleanup crews looking for help ahead of tsunami debris arrival
May 10, 2012 by
As Japanese tsunami debris starts to wash ashore along the Pacific coast, a conservation group hopes to recruit volunteers to help in the effort. Jill Dwyer with the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup says the group has launched an online registry. "With the tsunami debris, we don't really know how much is coming, or when it's coming, but we're just … [Read more...]
