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The Cleanup Network

Our participant network includes marinas, local partners, and academic institutions throughout the binational Great Lakes region, as well as sites that are part of affiliated initiatives across Canada and the United States.

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Explore our Marina Portal below to view more information about our participant sites, including litter profiles for marinas at which "deep dive" litter analyses have been carried out.

Canadian Sites

Launched in August 2020, the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup is working with 33 marinas to deploy litter capture technologies along Ontario's Great Lakes shoreline and other major waterways.

American Sites

Starting in 2022, the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup expanded to the United States and is working with local partners and academic institutions to deploy litter capture technologies along and near the shores of Lake Ontario, Erie, and Michigan.

Friends of Great Lakes Plastic Cleaup

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Diversion 2.0

Georgian Bay Forever became a collaborator on the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup in 2020. Their Diversion 2.0 initiative is installing Seabins, Gutterbins, and Trash Traps in the Georgian Bay area and generating data to help us better understand plastic pollution in Georgian Bay

The Vancouver Plastic Cleanup

The Vancouver Plastic Cleanup coalition follows in the footsteps of the GLPC installing litter capture devices and collecting data at sites in Vancouver.