Trash Containment Boom (Long Beach, California)

USA / California / Signal Hill / Long Beach, California
 pollution, waste

Much of the trash caught by this boom is vegetation uprooted by storm surges throughout the 834-square-mile Los Angeles River watershed, which includes 44 cities and unincorporated communities and about 9 million people.
Since 2006, Frey Environmental, Inc. of Newport Beach has removed 1,847 tons of trash from the river at a cost to the county of about $2.2 million.
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Coordinates:   33°45'52"N   118°12'20"W
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