These devices are catching litter before it ends up in lakes and rivers

Photo: The city is piloting a device that sits inside the catch basin and collects litter before it ends up in the sewer system. (Robin De Angelis/CBC)

London, Ontario is piloting a new device to keep litter from washing into the city’s 32,000 catch basins and into local rivers and lakes.The LittaTrap is a mesh basket that’s inserted into a catch basin to collect cigarette butts, coffee cups and litter that would otherwise end up in the sewer system. Read the full story by CBC News.