Seal Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties, and the state have partnered with the Ocean Cleanup to place its trash interceptors in the San Gabriel and L.A. rivers.
Founder Boyen Slat says the project is part of their global 30 cities program to keep plastic out of the ocean.
“The coastlines here are some of the most beautiful ones in the world,” he said. “They’re world famous for a reason. You’ve got this incredible biodiversity in Santa Monica Bay, the San Pedro Bay. So this plastic is doing a tremendous amount of harm.”…