2,000 kilometres, 1,000 tonnes of trash: Quebec group leads 16-day shoreline cleanup
The group has collected about 749 tonnes so far and plans to keep cleaning and documenting pollution even after reaching its goal.
- On a 16-day, 2,000-kilometre shoreline cleanup along the St. Lawrence River, Morissette and volunteers are conducting the Mission 1,000 tonnes expedition, co-organized with Stratégie Saint-Laurent and concluding August 21.
- Founded eight years ago with a modest 10-tonne objective, the initiative has evolved into Mission 1,000 tonnes after early success, with the group having collected roughly 749 tonnes of trash to date.
- Morissette, an associate professor at the Institut des sciences de la mer, documents each item retrieved to analyze regional pollution patterns; teams follow strict safety protocols for unpredictable finds like discarded firearms.
- Morissette emphasizes that even five minutes of collecting garbage during walks empowers people, admitting she has "mixed feelings" about large trash volumes but noting that "all these small moments, they add up."
- Mission 1,000 tonnes will continue operating beyond the 1,000-tonne milestone without renaming, maintaining permanent status in regional environmental stewardship and signaling a shift from single-goal campaign to sustained river restoration.
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Quebec group cleans up the riverbanks for 16 days
As a marine biologist, Lyne Morissette had had enough of this ‘doomsday’ tone, which simply involved passively describing the impact of pollution on whales, turtles and the rest of the wildlife living in the St Lawrence River.
MONTREAL — As a marine biologist, Lyne Morissette had had enough of the "catastrophist" tone of passively describing the impact of pollution on whales, turtles and the rest of the wildlife living in the St. Lawrence River. That's how she co-founded about eight years ago [...]
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2,000 kilometres, 1,000 tonnes of trash: Quebec group leads 16-day shoreline cleanup
MONTREAL - As a marine biologist, Lyne Morissette grew tired of the "doom and gloom" of passively describing the impact of pollution on whales, turtles, and the rest of the
By Morgan Lowrie As a marine biologist, Lyne Morissette had had enough of the "catastrophist" tone of passively describing the impact of pollution on whales, turtles and the rest of the wildlife living in the St. Lawrence River. Thus, about eight years ago, she co-founded an initiative with a modest objective of collecting 10 tons of waste along the banks of the river and the seaway.
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Le Nord-CôtierBy Morgan Lowrie As a marine biologist, Lyne Morissette had had enough of the "catastrophist" tone of passively describing the impact of pollution on whales, turtles and the rest of the wildlife living in the St. Lawrence River. Thus, about eight years ago, she co-founded an initiative with a modest objective of collecting 10 tons of waste along the banks of the river and the seaway.
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