Trash Free Waters Projects
EPA has provided technical and financial support for a number of projects designed to prevent trash from entering waterways. Click the links below to learn more about EPA-supported projects in the U.S.
For information about EPA's international marine litter reduction efforts, see International Cooperation page.
Trash Capture
- San Francisco Bay Area Trash Capture Demonstration Project
- Proctor Creek Trash Removal and Prevention
- A Comprehensive Strategy for creating TFW in Three Mile Creek (Mobile Bay)
- Bronx River Alliance’s Project WASTE
- Hayward Youth-Based Trash Capture, Reduction, and Watershed Education Project
Source Reduction
- Coyote Creek Trash Reduction Project: Clean Creeks, Healthy Communities
- Hydration Refill Stations in New York and New Jersey State Parks
- The “Don’t Trash Long Island Sound” Campaign
Food Service-Related Source Reduction Programs
- Maryland Coastal Bays “Protect Our Sand and Seas” Campaign
- Long Island Product Stewardship Institute Restaurant Guide
- ReThink Disposable: Packaging Waste Source Reduction Restaurant Program
- Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program’s ReThink Disposable Pilot Project
- Reducing Food Service Plastics on University of California Campuses
Community Engagement
- The Trash Free Texas Adopt-A-Spot Tool
- Greater Houston and Galveston Bay Annual "River, Lakes, Bays 'N Bayous Trash Bash”
- Region 8 Trash Free Waters Tribal Program Handbook
Research
- Wichita Litter Study
- Salish Sea Hydrodynamic Modeling of Microplastic Hotspots
- Supporting the Development of a National Approach to Extracting Microplastics from Sediment
- CEC Stormdrain Litter Characterization in Washington & Vancouver