"You drive. You live in. You dream about . . . you think only of . . . you eat . . . you are . . . peoples . . . plastic . . . plastic peoples . . ." ~ Plastic People, Frank Zappa

"I know it ain't no wood And it can't do me no good, Because it's plastic" ~ Plastic, Shel Silverstein

Polyamide, also known as nylon is collecting in the bottom of Lake Erie in the form of #microplastic! One source is from laundry waste water!

You know there's a roadside littering problem in #NorfolkCounty when one side of 1/4 km if road fills a giant #IKEA bag!

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! It's a great day to join us on a trail or roadside to pick up litter and remove plastic pollution from the environment! Have you ever wondered where the Norfolk County trails are? There's an interactive map for that: buff.ly/2QH9Cjx

Can you see the tiny broken bits of this straw? Being out in the elements for a long time has made it increasingly brittle. It is turning into toxic #microplastic! This is why you should never toss your plastic trash into the environment!

Awh the tediousness of gently pulling a bag out of the sandy #NorfolkCounty roadside! Know what's even more tedious: removing #microplastic from #farmfields and #waterways including the sandy bottom of #LakeErie !

Help protect Long Point’s turtles: Put a “Watch for Turtles" sign on your front lawn! Contact Cindy Presant at (519) 586-9258 , or John Everett, at (519) 777-2873, to arrange for no-contact curbside pick-up. Photo: Leanne Gauthier Helmer

"After today's rain we went for a walk down our road and took a bag with us for any roadside garbage. Can't figure out why someone would dump 5 empty Busch beer boxes all in the same spot. Filled the bag until it was too heavy and then had to stop." ~ Liz Jolly

#DYK cans have a plastic resin coating on the inside so that foods and beverages don't react with the aluminum and develop a metallic taste? That plastic often contains an endocrine disrupting and chemical known as BPA, and that often BPA substitutes are just as toxic or worse?

Here in the Carolinian Zone may see "snow" at the summer solstice! (The airborne seeds of the Eastern Cottonwood tree, that is!) #firstdayofsummer #SummerSolstice #Ontario #Canada

Good news: resusables are still safe! buff.ly/2NkLdz6

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦....and first day of Plastic Free July! How will you actively reduce your use of plastic in your daily life this month? We'd love to hear from you!

Do you need ideas on how to participate in Plastic Free July? Please check out this handy chart: buff.ly/3ipgi2Y #plasticfreejuly

Please be sure that your enjoyment of a natural area today, isn’t ruining others enjoyment of it tomorrow, or for generations. Leave no trace by ensuring that all of your litter gets into appropriate waste disposal facilities, or pack out what you’ve packed in.

We must protect our home 🌏 if we want to protect ourselves and the people we love. #ProtectNature 🌱

Whenever possible, choose a reusable non-medical #Mask to cut down on plastic waste. When well-constructed and properly worn, it can help to protect you, those around you, and the #Environment. How to make one: ow.ly/oTop50DTgUY #ProtectNature #COVID19

Enough is enough. Let's get back to using reusables. buff.ly/3hE9OxC

Litterbugs need to stop. Now. buff.ly/3dNGSBY

This new app is truly amazing! #amazingplaces