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virtual experience. This new platform will be able to virtually engage
a broader audience while still allowing for the in-person educational experience when suitable.

The Bandalong Litter Trap is a large,
industrial-grade aluminum system that
uses the water's current to guide debris
into a litter trap.

Case Study for Others
The Proctor Creek project is helping the EPA and other cities and
organizations learn how to incorporate trash trap technology and
innovative workforces to address
pollution in waterways.
" I believe that water issues are the
largest and most immediate environmental and public health issues
affecting the world right now, " says
Andrew R. Wheeler, administrator
of the EPA, in his 2019 remarks
(tinyurl.com/y24jt864).
Among
those issues is litter in waterways;
common trash from consumer
goods is the major cause of pollution in our waterways and oceans.
EPA is concerned about the effects
of litter on the environment, wildlife and human health.
Partnerships are working to keep
our public places and waterways
clean from litter and create healthy
ecosystems. Although it is a worldwide problem, solutions are being
implemented within local urban
communities, like Proctor Creek.
" The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management is committed
to improving the water quality in
Proctor Creek and being a good
steward of all our city's 10 watersheds, " says interim Department
of Watershed Commissioner Mikita K. Browning. " We look forward
to working with and supporting
our fellow community stakeholders and environmental partners
through the Trash Trap initiative
to help keep our local creeks and
streams clear of trash and debris. "
Throughout the Proctor Creek
project, other groups have reached

out to discuss installing trash traps
in their communities and to identify best practices and ways to replicate the program in other locations.
It also contributed to the creation
of The River Network's newly released toolkit, Waste in Our Waters:
A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter
Removal (tinyurl.com/yybavyku).
This toolkit has been released to
help other organizations across the
country explore the trash trap concept in their communities.
Several universities also have
made a connection to discuss the
impacts of the project and to use
data collected to improve litter trap
technology to spur future innovation in this area. New technology
is continuing to surface in the trash
trap arena and will only continue
to expand the effectiveness of the
technology to clean waterways.
Through the past year, plans have
been made for how this project can
continue impacting the watershed
and what additional partners can
help. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
(CRK), which was already working on a separate trash catchment
program, will assist in stream litter
collection efforts in Proctor Creek

from a strategic environmental lens
and help support the workforce development teams.
When undertaking a similar
project, it is crucial to involve nonprofit, community, government
and philanthropic partners to maximize the layered technological,
environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of these projects and retain a holistic vision for watershed
restoration. With strong partnerships in place, this new innovative
program will hopefully continue
to benefit Atlanta and the Proctor
Creek Watershed and serve as an
example for other communities.
Special thanks to Glen Behrend (City
of Atlanta, Department of Watershed
Management); Cynthia Y. Edwards,
PE (Region 4 Urban Waters, EPA);
Carley Queen (Groundwork Atlanta);
Darryl Haddock (West Atlanta Watershed Alliance); and Jordan Yu (Chattahoochee Riverkeeper) for the information they provided for this article.
Aaron Lee Wiener, PLA, is a Landscape Architect for City
of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of
Park Design (alwiener@atlantaga.gov). Michele White, CAE,
IOM, is Conservation Program Manager at NRPA (mwhite@
nrpa.org).

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