‘Garbarge’ delivers tonnes of marine debris recovered from B.C. coast

CTV Vancouver Published Tuesday, September 27, 2016 12:15PM PDT A barge loaded with 40 tonnes of garbage and marine debris from the west coast of Vancouver Island delivered its payload to the mainland Tuesday. The trash was collected from remote beaches by hundreds of volunteers over the past seven months, an operation organizers at Living […]

Tsunami debris cleared from Island beaches – Times Colonist

Times Colonist 21 Sep 2016 JEFF LEE ARNT ARNTZEN, LIVING OCEANS SOCIETYA coastal recovery operation began Tuesday to clear dozens of beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island of debris and plastics. Much of it washed ashore after the 2011 tsunami that swept Japan.  Work began Tuesday to clear dozens of beaches on the […]

B.C. coast to see historic cleanup of marine debris as Japanese tsunami money runs out — Vancouver Sun

A coordinated marine-debris cleanup described as the largest in Canadian history is underway all along B.C online task planner.’s west coast. via B.C. coast to see historic cleanup of marine debris as Japanese tsunami money runs out — Vancouver Sun Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter […]