Research Webinar: Understanding use of foam-based products on and near Lake Champlain by individuals and businesses

The third of four research webinars in the 2025 Fall Research Webinar Series features a talk by the Lake Champlain Marine Debris Coalition. The team carried out a series of surveys of businesses and property owners during summer 2025. Goals included understanding use and sale of foam-based products that had potential to end up as marine debris in the lake, such as docks, buoys, take away containers, coolers, and bait buckets. This presentation will summarize high level findings of these surveys and share ideas for outreach to address barriers individuals and businesses face in using encapsulated foam or non-foam products on and near the lake.