First off, our beaches are clean.
Swimmable and blue flag certified, thanks to Mother Nature’s wind and hydraulic forces keeping outer edges of Lake Ontario clean.
But our inner Harbour?
A heavily polluted industrial area. Are we fixing this? Yes! With a $3 billion project to revitalize the waterfront. An already $1.4 billion rerouting of the Don River, and a billion-dollar build to replace factories with parks and homes.
And surface pollution?
Just one of many ideas in action are WaterShark’s aquatic drones that collect 5.9 kilos of garbage in just 12 trips.
Of course, us humans have to do our part in community cleanups and not littering in the first place. The city is working to care of the rest.
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