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

Last month during a brief storm, a trash boom set in place, just inside U.S. territory, managed to stop 20 tons of trash and ...
WESA

A Massive Floating Boom Is Supposed To Clean Up The Pacific. Can It Work?

We humans have deposited a huge amount of plastic in Earth's waters. There are now five garbage-filled gyres in the world's oceans — the largest and most notorious being the Great Pacific Garbage ...
NBC Bay Area

Sunken ship in Oakland Estuary has environmental mission

On Monday afternoon, a floating boom surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a replica of a 151-foot ...
WBOC

Cambridge Installs Floating Trash Barriers to Clean Up Waterway

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - About 15 bags of trash were pulled from Cambridge Creek on Tuesday as the city installed a new piece of equipment aimed at keeping the waterway clean. Local leaders believe the device ...