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Marina Park

Seabin at Thunder Bay marina helps raise awareness of plastics in Great Lakes

Seabin at Thunder Bay marina helps raise awareness of plastics in Great Lakes

A Lakehead University researcher says it won't be long before data on the amount of plastic in the water at the Thunder Bay harbour can be compared to other areas on the Great Lakes. The northwestern Ontario city currently has one Seabin — designed to collect samples of plastic waste in water — located in the water at Marina Park, which was installed and is cleaned out by city staff.