Mobilize yourself and others for the environment

Committing to the planet, one gesture at a time, one person at a time.

Canada’s waterways are our playgrounds, vacation spots and sources of drinking water. Summer and winter alike, we practice our favorite sports, swim in them, spend our days boating in them, admire their beauty and drink their waters. But if we take the time to take a good look at our waterways, we quickly see the signs of a growing threat: plastic pollution.

From plastic bottles floating on the surface of rivers to suspended microplastics invisible to the naked eye, the presence of plastics in the province’s waterways has become ever-present and alarming. This pollution represents not only a threat to biodiversity and the health of aquatic ecosystems, but also to human health. We drink the water from our rivers, we eat the products of the sea, and if there are microplastics in the water, there will be microplastics in our food. As several studies have shown, their presence is very frequent in the mussels, oysters, salt and various species of fish we consume on a regular basis.