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.
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 Los Angeles took on in efforts to stop trash from going into the ocean. The county partnered with the device's creator, nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup, to be the first to test the Trash Interceptor device in the United States, making it the tenth of its kind deployed in the world's oceans.
Underwater steel cords attach the 007 to the jetty and the visible boom laying atop the water is what captures the trash. Since its launch in October, the device has stopped more than 42.5 tons of trash from reaching the ocean, according to the Los Angeles County Public Works Department.
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