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![Email](mailto:?subject=SCE's Alejandro Esparza said his favorite recollection from the day was "the joy and passion that Edison and other volunteers displayed in leaving that small piece of the L.A. River in better shape than we found it." =https://web-fb41a2e7f6baa503.dev2.iprdev.com/_gallery/get_file/?file_id=62df1d84b3aed3329ec9a439&file_ext=.jpg&page_id=62df233fb3aed332a0c99350){kind=link}
SCE's Alejandro Esparza said his favorite recollection from the day was "the joy and passion that Edison and other volunteers displayed in leaving that small piece of the L.A. River in better shape than we found it."
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 Andrew Wang, his son Andrew, Phil Schofield and Wei Zhou remove a mangled shopping cart from the Willow Street Estuary in Long Beach. =https://web-fb41a2e7f6baa503.dev2.iprdev.com/_gallery/get_file/?file_id=62df16a2b3aed332a1c99ad4&file_ext=.jpg&page_id=62df233fb3aed332a0c99350){kind=link}
Edison volunteers (left to right) Andrew Wang, his son Andrew, Phil Schofield and Wei Zhou remove a mangled shopping cart from the Willow Street Estuary in Long Beach.
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The cleanup and a $5,000 grant to Friends of the L.A. River was organized by SCE's EcoIQ and Energy Procurement and Management teams.
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Caroline Choi, SCE and Edison International senior vice president of Corporate Affairs, joined colleagues at all levels of the company in the Great L.A. River Cleanup.
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Edison employees removed 90 bags of debris, or two full truck loads, from the L.A. River.
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The Willow Street Estuary is just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. Freshwater mixes wilth saltwater here, providing a home for a wide variety of shorebirds.
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Scraps of plastic foam packaging material present a pervasive threat to wildlife that live in the L.A. River basin.
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Edison volunteers traverse the L.A. River's Willow Street Estuary with the Port of Long Beach in the background.
Edison Volunteers Join the Great L.A. River Cleanup
Employees remove a stunning array of pollutants, including cigarette butts and microplastics, from a river estuary to benefit climate adaptation.
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