{"id":1652,"date":"2021-03-29T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thiskindplanet.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:31:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:31:29","slug":"mr-trash-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiskindplanet.com\/eco-innovators\/mr-trash-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Trash Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr. Trash Wheel is a semi-autonomous trash interceptor installed in Baltimore\u2019s Inner Harbor in 2014 that sifts trash out of rivers and the mouths of harbors. Sustainably powered by the current, with solar panels as back-up, it rakes hundreds of tons of trash out of the water, once setting a record of 38,000 pounds in a single day. 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