RIT Collaborative for Plastics and the Environment
@ritcpe.bsky.social
Rochester Institute of Technology research lab conducting research on all plastics and debris in and around the Great Lakes with a focus on Lake Ontario.
www.rit.edu/plasticpollution
https://linktr.ee/ritcpe
www.rit.edu/plasticpollution
https://linktr.ee/ritcpe
It's getting cold! Come help us with a litter cleanup before the season is over! We'll be outside Marilla's Mindful Supplies this week to clean up and collect data. It only takes a little of your time to have a big impact.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's getting cold! Come help us with a litter cleanup before the season is over! We'll be outside Marilla's Mindful Supplies this week to clean up and collect data. It only takes a little of your time to have a big impact.
This crocodile hunter is also hunting for plastics in the environment!
Our team attended an event with the Sustainable Lab Initiative at @urochester.bsky.social to celebrate Halloween this year! We think plastics are spooky... Do you?
Our team attended an event with the Sustainable Lab Initiative at @urochester.bsky.social to celebrate Halloween this year! We think plastics are spooky... Do you?
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This crocodile hunter is also hunting for plastics in the environment!
Our team attended an event with the Sustainable Lab Initiative at @urochester.bsky.social to celebrate Halloween this year! We think plastics are spooky... Do you?
Our team attended an event with the Sustainable Lab Initiative at @urochester.bsky.social to celebrate Halloween this year! We think plastics are spooky... Do you?
Last Thursday we were thrilled to attend a fundraiser for Walking For Rochester. Our student Alonso Ponce also did a speech! Check out their page for more information about their litter cleanups! walkingforrochester.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Last Thursday we were thrilled to attend a fundraiser for Walking For Rochester. Our student Alonso Ponce also did a speech! Check out their page for more information about their litter cleanups! walkingforrochester.org
We're hiring!
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We're hiring!
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
Two events in one week? What a treat! Come join us for another community science cleanup!
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Two events in one week? What a treat! Come join us for another community science cleanup!
We're hiring!
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're hiring!
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
Find out more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b
Hear from Alonso Ponce about how we sample #plastics in stormwater with our #LittaTrap from EnviroPod. Part 2 coming soon!
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hear from Alonso Ponce about how we sample #plastics in stormwater with our #LittaTrap from EnviroPod. Part 2 coming soon!
What happens to #plastics once they’re in the #environment? We’re going to find out with our research at the RIT Tait Preserve @ritarenas.bsky.social #studentresearch #microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What happens to #plastics once they’re in the #environment? We’re going to find out with our research at the RIT Tait Preserve @ritarenas.bsky.social #studentresearch #microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social
Did you know plastics can also be a habitat? Check out what’s living on this polystyrene sheet!
August 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know plastics can also be a habitat? Check out what’s living on this polystyrene sheet!
The trash is hiding, but so are we. Stealth mode
activated, target food wrappers acquired, cleanup
complete.
We are hosting more #communityscience #litter
#cleanups this fall! Stay tuned for our fall schedule with
the Seneca Park Zoo and Walking for Rochester!
activated, target food wrappers acquired, cleanup
complete.
We are hosting more #communityscience #litter
#cleanups this fall! Stay tuned for our fall schedule with
the Seneca Park Zoo and Walking for Rochester!
August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The trash is hiding, but so are we. Stealth mode
activated, target food wrappers acquired, cleanup
complete.
We are hosting more #communityscience #litter
#cleanups this fall! Stay tuned for our fall schedule with
the Seneca Park Zoo and Walking for Rochester!
activated, target food wrappers acquired, cleanup
complete.
We are hosting more #communityscience #litter
#cleanups this fall! Stay tuned for our fall schedule with
the Seneca Park Zoo and Walking for Rochester!
We had a great time at the Waste Management open house at the High Acres Landfill! We learned so much about how our waste is processed here and we got to talk to so many amazing people about our research on plastics! #HighAcresOpenHouse #CommunityEngagement #plasticpollution
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We had a great time at the Waste Management open house at the High Acres Landfill! We learned so much about how our waste is processed here and we got to talk to so many amazing people about our research on plastics! #HighAcresOpenHouse #CommunityEngagement #plasticpollution
We are so proud of our undergraduate students,
Isabelle, Andrew, Hana, and Benicio! They have done
incredible work this summer which they presented at
the undergraduate research symposium last week.
We're so grateful for all their amazing work!
#undergraduateresearch #RIT
Isabelle, Andrew, Hana, and Benicio! They have done
incredible work this summer which they presented at
the undergraduate research symposium last week.
We're so grateful for all their amazing work!
#undergraduateresearch #RIT
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are so proud of our undergraduate students,
Isabelle, Andrew, Hana, and Benicio! They have done
incredible work this summer which they presented at
the undergraduate research symposium last week.
We're so grateful for all their amazing work!
#undergraduateresearch #RIT
Isabelle, Andrew, Hana, and Benicio! They have done
incredible work this summer which they presented at
the undergraduate research symposium last week.
We're so grateful for all their amazing work!
#undergraduateresearch #RIT
We were pretty busy at the cleanup on Monday so we didn't finish all the #plastic sorting with our #communityscience participants. Alonso finished it up back at our labs at #RIT!
July 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We were pretty busy at the cleanup on Monday so we didn't finish all the #plastic sorting with our #communityscience participants. Alonso finished it up back at our labs at #RIT!
We had a great time at the Edgerton R-Center cleaning up #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo and collecting #plastic #data. We collected more than 60 pounds of debris on Monday thanks to our amazing #communityscience participants! We hope you join us next time!
July 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We had a great time at the Edgerton R-Center cleaning up #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo and collecting #plastic #data. We collected more than 60 pounds of debris on Monday thanks to our amazing #communityscience participants! We hope you join us next time!
Last Thursday we launched our plastic limnocorral experiment at Tait Preserve! We have been working on this for a year now so we're very excited to start getting results! Stay tuned to hear more about this experiment and what we find. #PlasticPollution #Microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Last Thursday we launched our plastic limnocorral experiment at Tait Preserve! We have been working on this for a year now so we're very excited to start getting results! Stay tuned to hear more about this experiment and what we find. #PlasticPollution #Microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social
Last Friday we tagged along on one of Walking For Rochester's events! We will collect data from more cleanups like this one this one throughout the summer! Check out their page to find out more about how to join us! #cleanup #plasticpollution #rochesterny walkingforrochester.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last Friday we tagged along on one of Walking For Rochester's events! We will collect data from more cleanups like this one this one throughout the summer! Check out their page to find out more about how to join us! #cleanup #plasticpollution #rochesterny walkingforrochester.org
Hear from Alonso about how our community cleanups work. We cleaned more than 230 pounds of #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday! #cleanup #CommunityScience #communityscience #plasticpollution #rochesterny @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hear from Alonso about how our community cleanups work. We cleaned more than 230 pounds of #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday! #cleanup #CommunityScience #communityscience #plasticpollution #rochesterny @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
Check out two interesting items we found during our cleanup last weekend! What will we find next time?
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Check out two interesting items we found during our cleanup last weekend! What will we find next time?
We will be using the data to tune a model to predict where to install even more in the coming years. Stay tuned for more updates! We got these in just in time to capture the big rain this week and any #plasticpollution it washed down the drains.
June 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We will be using the data to tune a model to predict where to install even more in the coming years. Stay tuned for more updates! We got these in just in time to capture the big rain this week and any #plasticpollution it washed down the drains.
We installed LittaTraps this week in partnership with
Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We installed LittaTraps this week in partnership with
Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
Team member Ren Staggs has been at @iisd.org ELA in Canada collecting #microplastics samples from rocks, plants, and biofilm as part of the #pELAstic project. Ren's MS thesis is on the physical fate of #microplastics in the nearshore part of lakes. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Team member Ren Staggs has been at @iisd.org ELA in Canada collecting #microplastics samples from rocks, plants, and biofilm as part of the #pELAstic project. Ren's MS thesis is on the physical fate of #microplastics in the nearshore part of lakes. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social
Then Christy Tyler and @matthewhoffman.bsky.social talked about modeling plastic moving through and accumulating in the Monroe County watershed and the #greatlakes. They also participated in a panel discussion on #microplastic research and policy. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Then Christy Tyler and @matthewhoffman.bsky.social talked about modeling plastic moving through and accumulating in the Monroe County watershed and the #greatlakes. They also participated in a panel discussion on #microplastic research and policy. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
Wrapping up #iaglr25: Autumn Potts gave a great talk on how we are assessing our educational program around stormwater and debris and #plasticpollution.
June 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wrapping up #iaglr25: Autumn Potts gave a great talk on how we are assessing our educational program around stormwater and debris and #plasticpollution.