More than three million pounds of trash was collected from The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor Barricade on Las Vacas River in Guatemala in 2023.
This year, the group says the Interceptor captured hundreds of truckloads of trash in a matter of hours during the first flood of 2024.
Without proper waste management systems in place, much of the trash from Guatemala City washes into the Rio Las Vacas during heavy rain events.
The Interceptor aims to capture that waste before it reaches the ocean.
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