Baltimore's Trash Wheels intercept about 500 tons of trash a year before it reaches the harbor and the Chesapeake Bay (organization figure).
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The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore and its Healthy Harbor Initiative.
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Four trash interceptors that use the current and solar power to lift litter out of the water.
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Stream and river mouths around Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Maryland.
Source: Mr. Trash Wheel, trash interception (organization figure)
Stopping trash at the river mouth keeps it out of the harbor, the Chesapeake Bay and the ocean.
Source: Mr. Trash Wheel, trash interception (organization figure)
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Rain washes litter from city streets into streams and out to sea. Baltimore's Trash Wheels catch it first. The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore's four wheels collect about 500 tons of trash and debris from the harbor each year (organization figure).
Source: Mr. Trash Wheel, trash interception (organization figure)
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Baltimore's four Trash Wheels collect about 500 tons of trash and debris from the harbor each year (organization figure).
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