SAN DIEGO — After last week’s rainstorms, the Tijuana River Trash Boom Project collected tons of trash before it entered San Diego.
The barriers, stretching roughly 700 feet across the beginning of the Tijuana River Valley, are designed to catch debris flowing from Tijuana before it reaches the ocean. And after the recent rainfall, the buildup is hard to miss: thousands of plastic bottles, piles of debris and items as large as detergent containers and vehicle tires.
“We have a high success of 100% collection and control of the trash,” said Oscar Romo, project director for the Tijuana River Trash Boom Project…