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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Garbage Truck picks up dumpsters of non-recyclable trash in West LA alley, In 2008 Los Angeles launched SWIRP (Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan) which will include pick up of recyclable refuse from multi-family units, California, USA
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Garbage Truck picks up dumpsters of non-recyclable trash in West LA alley, In 2008 Los Angeles launched SWIRP (Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan) which will include pick up of recyclable refuse from multi-family units, California, USA
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  • Garbage Truck picks up dumpsters of non-recyclable trash in West LA alley, In 2008 Los Angeles launched SWIRP (Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan) which will include pick up of recyclable refuse from multi-family units, California, USA
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Cranes picking up garbage debris after first rain of the season. The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Cranes picking up garbage debris after first rain of the season. The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Cranes picking up garbage debris after first rain of the season. The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Garbage Truck picks up dumpsters of non-recyclable trash in West LA alley, In 2008 Los Angeles launched SWIRP (Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan) which will include pick up of recyclable refuse from multi-family units, California, USA
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  • Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 10 years ago, showing plastic samples collected in the North Pacific Gyre.  The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch" in the North Pacific Subtropical  Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA.
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  • Plastic sample jars and Flying Fish. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch" in the North Pacific Subtropical  Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA.
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  • A Snowy Egret walks amongst garbage that accumulates in Trash Net boom at the mouth of the Ballona Creek after first rainfall of the year. Urban runoff from heavy rains carries an assortment of styrofoam cups, plastic bottles and bags and other trash that has built up on streets and catch basins since the last rains into the Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that drains the Los Angeles basin. While the boom catches some of this trash, smaller particles and many other pollutants still empty into the Santa Monica Bay and Pacific Ocean. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • A Snowy Egret walks amongst garbage that accumulates in Trash Net boom at the mouth of the Ballona Creek after first rainfall of the year. Urban runoff from heavy rains carries an assortment of styrofoam cups, plastic bottles and bags and other trash that has built up on streets and catch basins since the last rains into the Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that drains the Los Angeles basin. While the boom catches some of this trash, smaller particles and many other pollutants still empty into the Santa Monica Bay and Pacific Ocean. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Dog poop bags on top of trash can on top of trash can, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Dog poop bags on top of trash can on top of trash can, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Dog poop bags on top of trash can on top of trash can, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • A Blue trash bin for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Program. The program collects refuse, recyclables, yard trimmings, and bulky items from more than 750,000 homes, an average of 6,652 tons per day.
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • A Blue trash bin for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Program. The program collects refuse, recyclables, yard trimmings, and bulky items from more than 750,000 homes, an average of 6,652 tons per day.
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  • Recycling Dumpster, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre, showing plastic samples collected in the North Pacific Gyre.
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  • Elderly couple help clean up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Elderly couple help clean up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • A Blue trash bin for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Program. The program collects refuse, recyclables, yard trimmings, and bulky items from more than 750,000 homes, an average of 6,652 tons per day.
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  • A Blue trash bin for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Program. The program collects refuse, recyclables, yard trimmings, and bulky items from more than 750,000 homes, an average of 6,652 tons per day.
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  • Homeless camp next to Ballona Wetlands, Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Homeless camp next to Ballona Wetlands, Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Plastic, styrofoam, and other trash drain down from storm channels and wash up along the banks of Ballona Creek after the first major rain of the season. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Plastic, styrofoam, and other trash drain down from storm channels and wash up along the banks of Ballona Creek after the first major rain of the season. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • A discarded skateboard lies in the Los Anges River at the Glendale Narrows. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Long Beach. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Cardboard boxes at Recycling Station, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from <br />
Keller Williams Realty across the United States and Canada participate in the third annual RED Day, May 12, 2011. RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate,  is a collective service initiative where the company’s associates donate a day to give back to the community. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Tree People gives a presetation to school children at River School Day clean up of the LA River sponsered by FoLAR (Friends of the Los Angeles River), Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Trash washed up on beach, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Kayaker George Wolfe of the LaLa Times on a cell phone. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • FoLAR's annual "La Gran Limpieza" clean up of the Los Angeles River. Bette Davis Picnic Area. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles.
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  • Maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, out of Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • Over 700 school children attended the River School Day clean up of the LA River sponsered by FoLAR (Friends of the Los Angeles River), Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Batteries, solvents and cleaning materials get put in large drums and then sealed before shipping. S.A.F.E  Collection Center, Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • No Dumping sign, AES Power plant, Los Cerritos Channel, Long Beach, California, USA
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  • Cleaning up the Dominguez Channel at Artesia Transit Center. Over 14,000 volunteers took part in Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County, cleaning up beaches, parks, alleys, creeks, highways and storm drains at 69 different sites. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Ocean Kayak at FoLAR's annual "La Gran Limpieza" clean up of the Los Angeles River. Bette Davis Picnic Area. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles.
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  • Maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, out of Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • Preparation for the maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, out of Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • An Hispanic women sorts aerosol cans, solvents and cleaning containers. S.A.F.E  Collection Center, Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Heal the bay Clean up at Venice Beach, About 400 Students and Volunteers help with the Monthly Clean-up, California
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  • Discarded doll in the Los Angeles River along the Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • El Matador State Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California
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  • El Matador State Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California
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  • El Matador State Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Jacaranda trees blooming along street in Culver City. Los Angeles, California
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  • Trash strewn along Los Angeles River near WIllow Street, Long Beach, California, USA
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  • A discarded skateboard lies in the Los Anges River at the Glendale Narrows. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Long Beach. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Nurdles are pre-production plastic pellets and resin materials typically under 5mm in diameter. When released during the transport, packaging, and processing of plastics, these materials find their way to coastal waterways and oceans and frequently end up in the digestive tracts of various marine creatures, causing starvation and death. Seal Beach, Orange County, California, USA
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  • La Gran Limpieza, FoLAR River clean-up April 17, 2016, Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Kayaker George Wolfe who led the three day Los Angeles River Expedition in 2008 that led the to EPA declaring the river a Navigable waterway.
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  • Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm of the season. Ballona Creek. Once a meandering creek, is now a concreted nine-mile flood channel that drains the Los Angeles Basin and watershed down into the Pacific Ocean, Culver City, California, USA
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  • Accumulated trash next to the headworks for the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds situated on the Rio Hondo. Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from <br />
Keller Williams Realty across the United States and Canada participate in the third annual RED Day, May 12, 2011. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Aluminum in bin at Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Aluminum cans on conveyer belt ready to be crushed. Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Metal scraps in bin at Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Kayaker George Wolfe of the LaLa Times. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Plastic bags in a recycling bin, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Plastic water bottles on shelves of supermarket, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Captain Charlie Moore, Maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, out of Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • No Dumping sign, Los Cerritos Channel, Long Beach, California, USA
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  • On the 3rd day, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Joel and Marcus prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • Captain Charlie Moore swims over to the "Junk" to bring some hot, fresh coffee. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the thrid day of the trip, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Marcus (l) and Joel (r) prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • FoLAR's annual "La Gran Limpieza" clean up of the Los Angeles River. Bette Davis Picnic Area. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles.
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  • (l to R) Anna Cummin, Joel Paschal and Marcus Eriksen on the maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, out of Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • The Research vessel Alguita readies to tow out the maiden voyage of the "Junk" raft, from Long Beach Harbor. 5/18/08.  in June of 2008, the raft named "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft is constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. California, USA
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  • Adding additional pontoons of plastic bottles to the Junk raft. in the Summer of 2008, the raft called "Junk"  will sail 2,100 miles from Los Angeles through the North Pacific Gyre, on raft made of junk. Designed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal, the raft, dubbed "Junk" will be constructed from 20,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets, a solar generator, and a bicycle generator. Long Beach, California, USA
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  • Sorting aerosol cans, solvents and cleaning containers. S.A.F.E  Collection Center, Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • An Hispanic women sorts oil based and latex paint cans at S.A.F.E  Collection Center, Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Workers crushes paint cans and squeezes out all residual paint. S.A.F.E  Collection Center, Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Workers Unloading various items at the S.A.F.E  Collection Center. Sun Valley, Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles, California, USA
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