Mr. Trash Wheel, officially called the Inner Harbor Water Wheel, is a trash interceptor, a vessel that removes trash from the Jones Falls river as it empties into the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. It is powered by water wheels and solar cells, and places trash from the harbor onto an onboard conveyor belt which routes it into dumpsters on the vessel. Mr. Trash Wheel was invented by John Kellett in 2008, who launched a pilot vessel at that time. A larger vessel was later developed; it replaced the pilot vessel and was launched in May 2014. The Mr. Trash Wheel vessel is part of the Waterfront Partnership of the City of Baltimore's "Healthy Harbor Plan."
Mr. Trash Wheel is a semi-autonomous trash interceptor that is placed at the end of a river, stream or other outfall.
STEP 1: FUNNEL THE TRASH
STEP 2: RAKE AND CONVEY
STEP 3: FEEL THE CHURN
STEP 4: INTO THE DUMPSTER
Far too lazy to chase trash around the ocean, Mr. Trash Wheel stays put and waits for the waste to flow to him.
Sustainably powered and built to withstand the biggest storms, Mr. Trash Wheel uses a unique blend of solar and hydro power to pull hundreds of tons of trash out of the water each year. The Mr. Trash Whee Family has collected : 1,608.41 TONS of trash and debris
[ 출처 ] https://www.mrtrashwheel.com
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“Mr. Trash Wheel stands tall, the most visible, perhaps the only, successful engineering-based ocean cleanup project, tried and tested.”
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