(FREE INFO SESSION + Q&A) HOW TO HELP REDUCE MICROFIBRE/PLASTIC EMISSIONS INTO OUR WATERWAYS
FREE INFO SESSION and Q&A
HOW TO HELP REDUCE MICROFIBRE/PLASTIC EMISSIONS INTO OUR WATERWAYS
A free community event for individuals, local businesses and municipal leaders will be held via Zoom on Thursday Feb 24, 2022 07:00 PM EST. Hosted by Georgian Bay Forever (GFB), the charity organisation dedicated to protecting Georgian Bay’s aquatic ecosystem.
The goal of the event is to inform and engage the public in a mass-scale filter solution in order to reduce microfibre/plastic pollution from getting into Georgian Bay and other waterways, through household laundering.
Last, November, GBF released a study revealing that new washing machine filters can capture harmful microfibres/plastics before they have a chance to enter the ecosystem and be ingested by wildlife and move up the food chain. A household using one of these washing machine filters can capture approx 179,200 to 2,707,200 microfibres/plastics per week.
Attendees will learn more about:
- The reality of microfibre/microplastics pollution in our everyday lives
- Evidence from 2021 community scale study in Parry Sound Ontario
- Tips and tricks to reduce pollution in their own homes
- Opportunities to help mass-scale filters for Ontario
- Q&A with leading experts involved with this study
To REGISTER for event go to: www.gbf.org/webinar
For more INFO on study visit: www.gbf.org/microfibers
“Jars of collected lint samples from the study. One load of household laundry can shed up to a million microfibres into our waterways.”
“An example of what can be collected and diverted from water using a filter after one month of family household washing machine use”
“A filter affixed to a washing machine. This filter is already starting to accumulate microwaste that is shed from clothing in the wash. The study showed that a filter can capture about 6.4g of lint per week, diverting an estimated 179,000 to 2,707,200 microfibres per week from going down the drain. “
