Meet Mr. Trash Wheel: Baltimore Harbor's Googly Eyed Garbage Gobbler
Maryland lawmakers last month became the first in the country to approve a statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers. And a local Baltimore celebrity may have had a little something to do with the new policy. Mr. Trash Wheel — and his cousins Professor Trash Wheel and Captain Trash Wheel — have scooped up a million Styrofoam containers since the first one was installed on a tributary leading to the Baltimore Harbor in 2014.