The technology was created by The Ocean Cleanup which is a nonprofit organization based in the Netherlands, developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — There is something about the ocean that creates a sense of overwhelming serenity. That is until you realize how some people treat our bodies of water.
Americans alone throw out about 4.9 pounds of trash per person every day. In 2016, Han was feeling the weight of that garbage right in her neighborhood, so she started pushing for a solution. Six years later, her community is now the face of new technology in North America. A first-of-its-kind trash interceptor in North America is now living in Ballona Creek for a two-year pilot project."The interceptor was developed to address trash at the mouths of rivers," Frasher said.
The technology was created by The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit based in the Netherlands that is developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. "This is actually our 10th deployment," Dubois said."Doing this in California and in the Western world is really special."
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