2021-2022 Acrylic Paint Filter, Canmore Collegiate High School, Canmore

High school students at Canmore Collegiate are understandably concerned about the impact that microplastics are having on their local waterways and are determined to address the issue. Through their Student Action Challenge project, they will be preventing plastic waste from entering the environment by designing and implementing a system to filter microplastics from acrylic paints. But the students won’t stop there. Once they perfect their system, they’ll be reaching out to other schools to share their knowledge and encourage them to use the filters in their own schools, amplifying their positive environmental impact.