Toronto spews out nearly 4,000 tonnes of plastic annually into the environment in the form of litter and microplastics from sources such as artificial turf and house paint, according to new research from U of T.
But the city doesn’t measure the amount of plastic that leaks into our parks, rivers and air, potentially choking marine environments and breaking down into toxic microplastics, despite a global plastic pollution crisis.
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