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The newly deployed trash collector at the Ballona Creek mouth in Playa del Rey has been damaged by the recent storms. The solar powered floating Trash Interceptor 007 is a pilot project the County of ...

The Ocean Cleanup will make waves on Thursday as it deploys its first trash Interceptor Original in the United States in hopes of further shrinking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by catching trash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007, shown in January, serves as a last line of defense against garbage that would otherwise ...

After a historic winter hit California with dozens of atmospheric rivers, the last line of defense protecting the Pacific from much of L.A.’s trash held strong. In the first storm season of a two-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ocean Cleanup Interceptor 007 on Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey The Ocean Cleanup “Every time it rains, it’s a natural ...

After back-to-back January atmospheric rivers dumped rain on Los Angeles, the Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007 was in rough shape. Debris swept downstream by high, turbulent water had damaged one ...