Each year the Toronto Inner Harbour Floatables Strategy reports on the previous years’ successes. On this page, you will find details of previous trash trapping seasons.
The results from the 2023 Trash Trapping season have been released! Over 200 kg (including over 66,000 pieces of small plastic) of anthropogenic litter was collected from Toronto waterways using Seabins, LittaTraps, WasteSharks, Litter Booms, and skimming by hand.
The results from the collaborative 2022 Trash Trapping Program with the Toronto Inner Harbour Floatables Strategy have been released. Over 100 kg (including nearly 100,000 small plastic pieces) of anthropogenic litter using Seabins, LittaTraps & skimming by hand.
Ten LittaTraps were located in storm drains throughout the Queens Quay area. Within five months over 6,000 pieces of litter were diverted from stormwater runoff before it entered Lake Ontario. More than 1,500 cigarette butts were collected, the most common large debris. Learn more about the results of the Trash Trapping Program.
Contact Us
To learn more about the Floatables Strategy and how to get involved, contact Chaya.chengappa@trca.ca.