Two high school students want to keep trash out of the Great Lakes. They think rivers are the key

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A few years ago, a news story caught Ritvik Manicka’s attention. Then a Grade 8 student in Regina, Sask., he read about a University of Toronto ecologist who, along with a research team, was tossing plastic bottles with GPS trackers into the Great Lakes. Click here to read the story.

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Two high school students want to keep trash out of the Great Lakes. They think rivers are the key

Two high school students want to keep trash out of the Great Lakes. They think rivers are the key

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