SUDBURY -- A Sudbury environmental group is getting a big injection of funds from the province to help with efforts to reduce single-use plastics in the city.

Group gets $75,000 grant from Ontario's Trillium Foundation

Sobeys says it will scrap plastic bags from all stores in 2020

"We need to make a change and we need to reduce our consumption"

Ontario Trillium Foundation Seed Grant backs initiative to reduce single-use plastics at Sudbury restaurants, businesses

For the past 20 years, the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee has been working to restore and revitalize the waterway and the ecosystem within it. Miranda Virtanen is the executive director of the group. She recently spoke with CBC reporter Angela Gemmill about a two-year project they'll be working on.

Junction Creek Stewardship Committee, Plastic-Free Greater Sudbury to partner on research project, cleanups

Sudbury organization is challenging people to say goodbye to single-use plastics