Manager, International Trash Trap Network @UofTTrashTeam @OurOcean (she/her)
London, UK
Joined February 2012
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Hannah De Frond retweeted
Great turnout for our first #PlasticPelletBlitz! 7,022 pellets were removed from 23 quadrats. From those tallies we estimate that section of beach has >2.8 million plastic pellets! We can't wait to lead this again next year and loved meeting everyone! #FightingFloatablesTO
Hannah De Frond retweeted
The @UofTTrashTeam's International Trash Trap Network has released its 2023 report detailing the most-collected debris found on beaches and in waterways! 🌊🚮📊
What do YOU think the most-collected item was? 👀
bit.ly/3SThBLn
19%🍬 Food wrappers
0%🎾 Sports balls
39%🚬 Cigarette butts
42%🥤 Beverage containers
72 votes • Final results Hannah De Frond retweeted
🧵 (1/4) Check out our new #HomeWasteAudit publication in Community Science! We walk through the HWA process, share our resources, and discuss 2021 HWA data & survey responses to demonstrate its impact for changing waste habits & increasing #WasteLiteracy. doi.org/10.1029/2024CSJ00008…
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Dive in Sat July 20 to participate in #TrashTrapping!
Learn how @UofTTrashTeam researchers divert litter from Lake Ontario w/ a family of trash traps & meet #FightingFloatablesTO organizations making a difference on our waterfront!
RSVP: bit.ly/3WiBDBe
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Guess what today is? It's the 1st day of our Fighting Floatables field season. Our student researchers are along the waterfront categorizing floatable plastic pollution caught in #TrashTraps. Here's a peek at the team in training, look at them go! #FightingFloatablesTO
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Reminder - abstracts are due May 15th. Submit yours today!!
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Tackling #PlasticPollution one source at a time, our list of pollution prevention projects is growing. Currently we study microfibers, cigarette butts, wet wipes, pre-production pellets, paint, single-use foodware and foam! #BeatPlasticPollution uofttrashteam.ca/preventionp…
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We've come a long way since creating the International Trash Trap Network with @OurOcean in 2021! Together, we support groups around the world to trap trash on their waterways and quantify this impact in the #InternationalCoastalCleanup. #BeatPlasticPollution
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We are the blue planet – rivers, oceans, we depend on them. 🌎
So how do we turn off the tap of plastic pollution? Watch our new short film about the inspiring work of the Clean Currents Coalition.
🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=yln873pm…
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Thrilled to have been part of this project looking at microplastics in grocery food w/ @OurOcean. Read more here to learn about this work and more (and even a bit about my current work at IISD-ELA!)
@brittabaechler @HanDefrond @ChelseaRochman
There are more and more plastics in food we eat.
And, yes, that includes freshwater fish.
As we gear up for #INC4, @not_Klaatu takes to @Newsweek to explain why a #PlasticsTreaty must protect fresh water as much as it does oceans...
Hannah De Frond retweeted
👀🚇Spotted on the #TTC! DYK litter can travel from anywhere in North America all the way to the #ocean? It can
start right here in #Toronto & still make its way to the sea.
Learn how your trash travels at laststoptheocean.com.
#FightingFloatablesTO #LastStopTheOcean
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Following publication of original research by @OurOcean and @UofTTrashTeam, our Chief Scientist @GeorgeHLeonard spoke with @pbsnewshour about the alarming prevalence of microplastics in our ocean and on land, in the air we breathe and the food we eat.
👀 Watch now:
From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized.
@johnyangtv speaks to @GeorgeHLeonard for more.
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Congrats @ChelseaRochman!! Throwing all our #raccoon hands in the air for you!! 🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝🙌🦝
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Chelsea Rochman @UofT wins an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in recognition of her pioneering contributions to the study of plastic pollution in aquatic habitats.
▶️ tinyurl.com/2u8yfvdb
ALT IMAGE: Portrait of Chelsea Rochman (University of Toronto) standing outside a building, with a logo in white for NSERC PRIZES 2023, on the left. @ChelseaRochman @UofTTrashTeam
Hannah De Frond retweeted
🚨NEW RESEARCH: How can we maximize the benefits of clean-up technologies?
Read the paper in @EnvSciTech: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
@NIVAforskning @HanDefrond @UofTTrashTeam @Idunr @rachel_karasik @NichInstitute @ZoieDiana @hannadijkstra @JustineAmmendo @tonyrwalker1 @Leone_G93
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We just received more data from a week of #FightingFloatablesTO, and it was a big one! Nearly 13,000 items of #litter were collected from Seabins and skimming, including an action figure (working hard to fight #PlasticPollution).
Hannah De Frond retweeted
.@enviropod_group are giving away 10 Littatraps to groups in Canada! In Toronto, we have seen just how effective these traps are at preventing litter from reaching our waterways. The ITTN is excited to support the winning groups with data collection and monitoring methods!
Tell us what is special about your waterways and be in to win a #LittaTrap™ to protect your local waterway! We want to support environmental champions who work towards keeping waterways free from pollution.
Enter here - hubs.la/Q01_pQND0
*In Canada only, full T&Cs online
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We can’t believe it has already been a week since our #Wasteshark launch!
Since then, Ebb and flow have been working hard #trappingtrash in Toronto’s Harbour. Follow their journey at @Sharks_TO. #SharksTO
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We crunched the numbers from the first month of #FightingFloatablesTO and we removed nearly 60 kg of anthropogenic litter & 18,000+ items, including a cow costume! #PlasticPollution #TrappingTrash @PortsToronto @TRCA_HQ @swimdrinkfish @WaterfrontBIA @HarbourfrontTO @cityoftoronto
Hannah De Frond retweeted
Do you have a trash trap? Have you used it as a centrepiece for local education and outreach? The International Trash Trap Network would love to hear your stories!
Hannah De Frond retweeted
We're thrilled to see Tangle floating in the waters of Peter Street Basin. Artist-in-residence Emily was inspired by the role of plants in accumulating #plastic from our waterways and sought to represent how we're all linked: plants, people, plastic. Now viewable until September!
