LittaTrap Collection Results 2024

LittaTrap Collection Results 2024

In the spring of 2024, EcoSuperior installed 16 LittaTraps around Thunder Bay. These devices sit inside storm drains and capture litter before it reaches Lake Superior.

Every month from May to October, we collected and quantified the litter in the LittaTraps. This data helps us to measure our positive impact and can be used to inform waste management decisions by helping us understand patterns of pollution in our city.

What did we find?

1495 pieces of litter were diverted from our storm drains

916 cigarette butts

118 plastic fragments

117 other pieces of waste (glass, metal, etc.)

108 pieces of plastic film

99 food wrappers

70 miscellaneous pieces of plastic waste

The litter we diverted in the summer of 2024 represents only a small portion of all the litter that ends up in Lake Superior. It is likely that the City of Thunder Bay contributes millions of pieces of litter to Lake Superior via stormwater runoff every year.