Great Big Story — This trash monster helps keep Baltimore clean

Written By Mr. Trash Wheel

The city of Baltimore is taking on the problem of ocean plastics in a unique way -- mechanical trash-eating monsters. Mr. Trash Wheel, was installed in 2014 and removed over 1,000,000 pounds of trash from the harbor in its first few years of existence. Since then, more have been installed and the idea may soon spread to other American cities.

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