{"id":49761,"date":"2018-06-03T06:49:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T10:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=49761"},"modified":"2018-06-03T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T10:49:15","slug":"muskoka-watershed-council-urges-people-to-help-beat-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/muskoka-watershed-council-urges-people-to-help-beat-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Muskoka Watershed Council urges people to help beat plastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Beating plastic pollution: If you can\u2019t reuse it, refuse it!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>By Teslyn Heron<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Beat Plastic Pollution\u2019 is the theme for this year\u2019s World Environment Day (June 5) and Canadian Environment Week (June 3-9), which explores the concept of how we can make changes in our everyday lives to reduce plastic pollution in our environment and combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. This theme encourages all of us to consider how we can make changes in our everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution on our environment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Globally, five trillion plastic bags are used each year and 13 million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean; 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastics each year; and 83 per cent of tap water and 90 per cent of bottled water contains plastic particles. Plastic pollution is an issue that affects not only ecosystems, but wildlife and humans as well.<\/p>\n<p>World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5<sup>th<\/sup> and is the United Nations\u2019 most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>World Environment Day 2018, \u2018Beat Plastic Pollution,\u2019 encourages change in four key areas: reducing single-use plastics, improving waste management, phasing out microplastics, and promoting research into alternatives to plastic dependency.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Muskoka, The District Municipality of Muskoka operates a comprehensive waste diversion program to reduce the amount of divertible material entering our landfill and to preserve valuable landfill space. Over 1,100 tonnes of plastics were collected in 2017 in Muskoka, but we can do better! Choose reusable mugs and bottles rather than styrofoam or plastic, say no to single use plastics like straws and plastic shopping bags, and if you have no choice about these \u201cone-time-only\u201d products, always recycle them.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about World Environment Day, how you can help reduce your plastic dependency and how to protect your local ecosystems and wildlife from this issue, please visit the World Environment Day website at <a href=\"http:\/\/worldenvironmentday.global\/en\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/worldenvironmentday.global\/en&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1527961230025000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVf5ZuYFWkF1mHVLydEVd7NYcdtQ\">http:\/\/worldenvironmentday.global\/en<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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