There has been a great renaissance in garbage collection technology in the past 10 years and Mr. Trash Wheel is one of the pioneers, collecting over 3 million pounds of trash in Baltimore, Maryland. An old technology becomes new again and is changing the landscape of the beautiful inner harbor.
Read the CNET article publishing on Monday the 14th at 4am PT:
Mr. Trash Wheel is gobbling up millions of pounds of trash
Watch the full video interview with John Kellet publishing on Monday the 14th at 4am PT:
Meet Mr. Trash Wheel, the great garbage gobbler of Baltimore
Mr. Trash Wheel
Clearwater Mills
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
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Jon Kraft
June 13, 2021 at 1:23 pm
So, what happens to the trash after it is collected? Is there an attempt to recycle or does it just go to the nearest landfill?
Vlican
June 13, 2021 at 1:43 pm
this should be installed everywhere honestly…
Athul Krishna
June 13, 2021 at 3:49 pm
I couldn’t so one better
Stop throwing trash
Quicksilver0922
June 13, 2021 at 2:14 pm
God bless this man.
no freespeech
June 13, 2021 at 2:25 pm
What how this destroys the rivers.
David Chaney
June 13, 2021 at 2:29 pm
Cars don’t have trash cans, businesses no longer have trash cans in front or on their property, and if you use someone else’s dumpster you can get in trouble. Litterbugs are a problem too. Making garbage difficult to dispose of is a big part of the problem.
Dirk Shaw
June 13, 2021 at 2:38 pm
We also need to educate the public to not litter.
Blood Angel
June 13, 2021 at 4:06 pm
Not going to happen.
Neil Deep
June 13, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Can we get this for Long Beach, Huntington Beach, & Santa Monica
Steven Mancera
June 13, 2021 at 3:03 pm
This man should be given a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his ingenious work and dedication with this someday
Gary Korzelius
June 13, 2021 at 3:46 pm
This is really a fantastic invention. I applaud you! The shame is that if people would just man up and PROPERLY recycle, and/or dispose of their used items, things like this would not be necessary.
Mangepange 123
June 13, 2021 at 4:38 pm
Omg I read about this like 6 years ago
Toonami20
June 13, 2021 at 4:59 pm
The real test will be the pacific garbage patch. If all 3 of them can clean that up then they will become legendary
Philus
June 13, 2021 at 5:28 pm
Anyone who lives in baltimore area know what a
Nick Botha
June 13, 2021 at 6:11 pm
This is awesome, every city should set one up 🍺
Charlie Ketchem
June 13, 2021 at 7:36 pm
I love this. 🙂
Paul Ho
June 13, 2021 at 8:22 pm
Really wish Mr. Trash Wheel would eat the litterers instead of just the trash though.
Somehow Logical
June 13, 2021 at 8:33 pm
Don’t feed him/her.
M B
June 13, 2021 at 9:13 pm
What a guy. Thank you for your excellent invention. Will help the entire planet.
Dizzy
June 13, 2021 at 9:37 pm
get one of these for the Ganga river in India, Chicago river and…. nevermind lets get one of these for every damn river.
Kam
June 13, 2021 at 10:25 pm
Lol I had no idea what that thing was walking the harbor one night. Good stuff.
David Jamgochian
June 13, 2021 at 10:36 pm
Clearwater , Fl
mike m
June 13, 2021 at 10:55 pm
Setting The
Mr Trash Wheel
In Motion
Ruben Rivera
June 13, 2021 at 11:13 pm
It now needs a Netflix series.
Outta Thyme567
June 13, 2021 at 11:34 pm
As much as we applaud this kind of thing, does it merely give us a false sense of security? The only real solution is to reduce this pollution at the source, and to reduce plastic consumption in the first place
Sean Brown
June 13, 2021 at 11:35 pm
I saw one of these in Thailand
Edmund Cheung
June 14, 2021 at 12:37 am
John is my hero
Ng Roy
June 14, 2021 at 4:35 am
The wall-e prototype
Pitch Black
June 14, 2021 at 6:15 am
We all need to inspire from these kinds of saviours.
Peipei Pengo
June 14, 2021 at 8:49 am
Very similar to the Ocean Cleanup Project
Nguyen Ngoc Kien
June 15, 2021 at 12:52 am
Actually OCP get idea from this. TrashWheel is made long ago. Also happy when see more and more people know about OCP.
aquafishes
June 14, 2021 at 9:09 am
Cool…
KrissowskiM
June 14, 2021 at 9:20 am
What sort of people/society are you? Last week I took a jet ski ride on Warta river in Poland – almost 130 kms (80 miles) – I have not seen a single piece of trash in the river for the duration of all that trip!
Well – but it’s only people of one ethnicity, currently hated in your country, that live on the banks of that river!
Robert Dietz
June 14, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Looks just like the Ocean Cleanup ones…except Cuter. Great Minds Do think Alike.
Joey Lawell
June 14, 2021 at 1:35 pm
We need these in those floating cities in africa
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY
June 14, 2021 at 2:15 pm
What a great idea!
I live on a lake and boy we could use one!
kevin zebrowski
June 14, 2021 at 2:36 pm
Lol, twelve people inexplicably disliked this
M. Annie Johnson
June 14, 2021 at 2:38 pm
Love this!!! This should be used elsewhere!! Brilliant
Satyam Mishra
June 14, 2021 at 2:58 pm
We need more people like him.
wesley chin
June 14, 2021 at 4:04 pm
Put grates over the storm drains to prevent bulk trash from getting to the river
Seoul Glo
June 14, 2021 at 4:13 pm
Plastic pollution problem plaguing the planet!
Fritzroy
June 14, 2021 at 4:53 pm
Isnt this the same or similar device as the ocean clean up project??? Like it looks similar – crazy similar. But good for the community. Clean the trash, now clean the water itself.
That American
June 14, 2021 at 6:32 pm
I see there is no mention of the new Plants Pioneered in Australia that can take all that plastic and single stream it through a process that turns it back into the oil from whence it came. Now all you have to do is get the litterbugs to stop being litter bugs.
John Bernardin
June 14, 2021 at 7:28 pm
“A major shift in the plastic producing industry”?!!! What about PEOPLE using plastic bottles and styrofoam cups, etc, etc, etc… and just tossing them on the ground or not being careful to make sure they’re recycled properly! Don’t blame the litterbugs!!! No no no!!! It’s all some heartless cooperation, or coffee shop with to-go cups, or Costco selling cases of water bottles!
hausaffe
June 14, 2021 at 7:41 pm
why no of the shelf screens on the outflows of the storm drains
mokong kumag
June 14, 2021 at 9:22 pm
This is all awesome until when you realized that maybe only 10-20% of those plastic thrash are gonna be recycled and most of them will be dumped on other countries
Ikbee
June 14, 2021 at 9:35 pm
If only it could drive through the streets of west Baltimore.
paladro
June 14, 2021 at 10:33 pm
large googly eyes improve almost everything ) good on ya fella
drane1210
June 14, 2021 at 11:00 pm
When Mr Trash Wheel has more clout than you so you go from Instagram to Tik Tok.