Mind Your Plastic's mission is to eliminate plastic pollution in Canada.

Annually, over 300 million tons of plastic is produced around the world. Unfortunately, more than 90% of that plastic is not recycled. Distressingly enough, much of that plastic ends up in our oceans. At least 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean each year, with the equivalent of one dump truck load of plastic entering our oceans every single minute. 

The buildup of plastic waste threatens all forms of life through ingestion and entanglements, mainly of aquatic species. Recent research found microplastics in human blood and lungs, as well as breast milk that nurtures infants. Current studies are researching the long-term impacts of microplastics in the human body, however studies on marine species, indicate the presence of microplastics in the body typically leads to lower reproductive success, delayed maturity and starvation. 

Mind Your Plastic is working to solve the plastic pollution issue in Canada for #PlasticFreeLandAndSeas