This Solar-Powered Water Wheel Can Clean 50,000 Pounds of Baltimore’s Trash Per Day

The Inner Harbor Water Wheel is proving to be an effective answer to the city's water pollution problem.

A large wheel has been strolling the Baltimore Inner Harbor the past month, doing its best to clean the trash that has littered a city landmark and tourist attraction.

It’s called the Inner Harbor Water Wheel, and though it moves slow, it has the capability to collect 50,000 pounds of trash. The timing for John Kellett’s solar-powered creation is crucial—hands and crab nets simply can’t keep up with the growing amount of wrappers, cigarette butts, bottles, and other debris carried from storm drains into the harbor.

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Excerpt & Images from Yes Magazine 2014 (Source Link Here)