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OC First District Supervisor Andrew Do allocated $525,000 in funding toward the effort to keep trash from reaching the ocean and the shoreline.

Waterfront Partnership celebrates a first-time record for the Mr. Trash Wheel Family – the collection of over 1 million pounds of litter in 2023.Surpassing the

Gayle Anderson reported on the Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007, a fully automated, solar-powered trash collection device developed by The Ocean Cleanup, a Netherlands-based nonprofit. It is the first of its kind to be deployed anywhere in North America. It is here for a two-year pilot project, the result of a partnership between the County […]

Since October, 007 has handled more than 60 tons of garbage — more than is typically washed to the ocean in a single year.

The combo of torrential rain and extreme wind has left Los Angeles’ streets unusually clean of the typical gunk and trash. But where has it all gone? Plus more from this week in opinion.

The solar powered, floating Trash Interceptor 007 has stopped 42.5 tons of trash from reaching the ocean since it was deployed at the Ballona Creek mouth in October.

Interceptor 007 is expected to collect 30 to 50 tons of trash per year.

The Trash Interceptor, a floating trash-collecting barge, has arrived in Los Angeles and officially deployed at Ballona Creek where it meets the

The Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007 Pilot Project aims to prevent 60 tons of trash from entering Santa Monica Bay. Los Angeles County Public Works