May 27, 2008

Trash Catcher Helps Clean Up Inner Harbor

Normally, rain flushes garbage down Baltimore's storm drains to float past the Inner Harbor's tourist attractions.

But after a recent heavy downpour, no plastic cups or dead rats could be spotted in the water by the National Aquarium. The trash had been caught by a contraption called the called the Water Wheel Powered Trash Interceptor.

Its floating boom catches trash at the base of the Jones Falls before it can befoul the harbor. The boom then sends debris up a conveyor belt driven by the current and into a trash can.

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The National Aquarium in Baltimore recently wrote an entry on the new Harbor Trash Wheel. It seems to be doing its job quite well - it can collect up to seven tons of trash after just one storm!
http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2008/08...

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