Border trash boom stops 20 tons of trash, debris from entering US in one hour

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — During a brief storm last month, a trash boom in the Tijuana River managed to stop 20 tons of trash and debris from entering California.

Historically, during rain events in the San Diego-Tijuana region, water flows from south of the border into the U.S. carrying tons of plastic, tires and other debris.

Last year, as a way to stop the pollution, a 1,200-foot trash boom was strung across the river bed by Alter Terra, a binational environmental group…

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