The Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor 007 collected nearly 154,000 pounds of trash in the first rainy season of its two-year pilot project.
In the first storm season of a two-year pilot project,stopped nearly 155,000 pounds of garbage from flowing out to the ocean.
The California Yacht Club, which chartered the brief expedition, has partnered with the interceptor project to allow students to see the device in action using club vessels. Its logo will be added to the device, alongside that of Coca-Cola and other sponsors, in the coming weeks. The boat then towed the barge to the Marina del Rey launch ramp, where additional crews with Ocean Blue were waiting with a crane, a scale and a truck.
In all, the first rainy season of the interceptor’s operation saw the collection of 77 tons of material, of which nearly two-thirds was inorganic.
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