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Emilio Lopez
LOCAL 10 NEWS STORY ABOUT SOP TECHNOLOGIES
WPLG reporter Luis Aguirre interviewed Public Works departments from the City of Hallandale Beach and City of Miami about their efforts to implement SOP Technologies high-tech screens and storm drain markers with QR codes as a new weapon against litter in South Florida waterways. Watch the video below and read the full story here.
Headline: High-tech screens are new weapon against litter in South Florida waterways
“HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – It’s a big moment for the city of Hallandale Beach.
After months of planning, a new weapon is in place in the ongoing fight to stop street litter from getting into South Florida waterways — one that will soon also be coming to Miami.
The first of a set of high-tech screens are being installed at open curb inlets along the 800 block of Parkview Drive in Hallandale.
“It’s taken a while to get this project actually rolling but to see it’s going right now, I am extremely excited,” said Charles Casimir, the city’s assistant utilities director. “We have so much debris going into the intracoastal and into our waterways, so we’re trying to protect that.”
The screens are designed to trap the street litter before it enters the stormwater system, where it eventually flushes out into waterways and the intracoastal. It is a big win for the environment.”