Mr. Trash Wheel gobbles garbage all the live-long day

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 cnet.co/3gwbZm2
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 cnet.co/3599Fwi
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[@Vlican]

this should be installed everywhere honestly...

[@athul_c1375]

I could do one better Stop throwing trash

[@nlamorte90]

@@athul_c1375 trash escapes

[@eopedrozaable]

@@athul_c1375 ok Karen

[@athul_c1375]

@@eopedrozaable bruh what

[@tgsoon2002]

Check out The Ocean Cleanup Interceptor. The project get some idea from Mr Trash Wheel but with some improvement Idea that make it more flexible of where to put it.

[@SMILEYRLR]

Huge amount of respect for who ever decided to put eyeballs on them.

[@NACAFarm]

John is one of those people who actually do more without being noticed

[@DennisBetzel]

Adding John Kellett to the list that contains Floyd Paxton, the inventor of those little tags on loaves of bread.

[@BVking509]

Yeah he ripped the design off, blatant case of intellectual property violation

[@911delorean]

4:45 its always a good sign when someone has Star Trek memorabilia behind them. To inspire and do, what nobody else has done before.

[@BigTummyAche]

I live in downtown and pass Mr and Ms Trash Wheel everyday! They make me so happy lol

[@0dyss3us51]

It is super awesome.initiative should be more in all major cities tbh

[@CNET]

That’s good to hear!

[@naturenurture84]

Say hi and a thank you from me. 👍

[@Yeer718]

Is there more than 1.

[@nizamghazali]

Give this man a medal already!

[@TheTaekwon3]

Tell people to put trash in the trash can, simple but this is condoning to throw trash on the ground

[@CNET]

For real!

[@CNET]

No it doesn’t

[@bruingold]

@@TheTaekwon3Yeah, certain types of people will continue to behave like that regardless of people like the developers of real constructive solutions. Doesn't mean we need to give up on great ideas. Too cynical a way to look at it.

[@demonvictim]

@@TheTaekwon3 there are people who throw trash on the floor 5 steps from a trashcan. They don't care

[@1jotun136]

Just when I'm ready to give up on humans, one stands out and gives me a glimmer of hope.

[@johnlshilling1446]

Remember when Gandalf said, ".., There is also good in the world..." ?? Don't ever forget that. Evil and disgusting make headlines. Good seldom does.

[@1jotun136]

@@johnlshilling1446 I'm trying to keep the hope. Thanks.

[@NniemandweiterR]

turns out giving up on humanity as a whole is as foolish as believing in all of them^^

[@Antilleotheclown]

I’m a light rail train operator for MDOT MTA in Baltimore. The light rail crosses over lots o bridges traveling south to BWI Airport and Cromwell. The I saw the Mr. Trash wheel for the first time about a month ago in the water way below a bridge I was crossing and the waters a 100% move cleaner than in the pass, I could see so much trash floating in the water ways compared to now. It really makes a difference in the way the cities water ways look especially for visitors to our city that are riding the train from the airport to downtown Baltimore. More trash wheels need to be put into action to keep the city looking beautiful.

[@olivercoleman2562]

Seems similar to the Ocean Cleanup project. Good work - good to see people acting rather than just waving around a sign.

[@SnowTiger45]

So much so that I'd like to know who came up with the design concept first. I've never heard of this guy or Mr. Trash Wheel until today, whereas I heard and learned about Ocean Cleanup several years ago. The young man that developed that system has a much more refined design making me think his was first and Mr. Trash is a COPY. I wonder if there are any Patent issues here ?

[@smalltownescape]

@@SnowTiger45 Mr. Trash Wheel has been sitting on the Jones Falls since 2014. The Interceptor, Ocean Cleanup's river mouth equivalent, was unveiled in 2019.

[@AdamLindquist]

Ocean Cleanup was all about cleaning out in the oceans. Not until after they learned about Mr. Trash Wheel did they decide to duplicate the river approach.

[@chennguyen3190]

@@AdamLindquist not really, they have 2 versions, 1 of which is set to clean trash in multiple rivers in the world

[@matthewwindisch9449]

Huge fan of the ocean cleanup project. Bottom line tho, the more people working on the problem the better!

[@Natuesanomalies]

Something like this should be required on the end of every river before it reaches the ocean

[@drkrypton4410]

and all along its length!

[@larsradtke4097]

Educate people more, ban styrofoam containers and introduce a deposit on plastic bottles and reduce the trash by 95%

[@kinggzz]

WHY? MAJOR CITIES LEGALLY DUMP MILLIONS OF TONS OF GARBAGE A DAY FROM BARGES DIRECTLY INTO THE OCEAN.

[@epictoast6727]

@@larsradtke4097 you under estimate people's laziness.

[@southfieldtrill9690]

@@epictoast6727 😂😂

[@kennyg5235]

The guy that invented this is amazing. What a great human.

[@BVking509]

He ripped it off from the Ocean Cleanup

[@stare-n-aaron9806]

Kudos to all the people involved in this project and also all the people that actually go out of their way to put trash in the trash cans around the city

[@0dyss3us51]

Fantastic give the man a price and a grant. John is a hero

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

I love they added eyes to it.

[@melanieking4357]

this brings tears to my eyes....l just finished watching the big ocean clean up system no2 which was successful and is out at it again cleaning and scoopoing it all up...am so excited for the marine life out there that has been suffering due ot these plastics. love from Australia THANK GOF FOR YOU JOHN

[@dynjarren8355]

This is good to see. I applaud this man. Finally someone actually is doing something about preventing trash and polluting of the water.

[@dynjarren8355]

@PJ Train But people don’t do that. They dump their trash in the water thinking it doesn’t have an effect or matter. This is incorrect because all the Plastic is choking the Ecosystem and Sea-life. Because Plastic doesn’t decompose easily. It takes decades to decompose. And Plastic bags and Strings frequently ensnare and kill Sea-life as well as Seabirds. Some people are working on something that will decompose Plastic and break it down faster but so far I’m not aware of anything practical available yet. But you’re right that prevention in the first place would solve most of the problem. Unfortunately, people don’t bother doing that. Hence the problem remains. This Trash Wheel idea is a good step in the right direction at least! I’ve recycled all my trash for years and never dumped motor oil into the ground or water. I’ve done what I can.

[@taxiuniversum]

Hi, American friends! Input from Germany: We got grates on the storm-drain covers, keeping debris out. Plus, underneath every grate is a basket with holes that collects smaller debris. This has to regularly get cleaned by a special crew, of course, or it will clog. In any case: This keeps a lot of junk from getting into the sewage system in the first place. Great project, that Mr Trash Wheel, though! Props! ♥️

[@allothernamesbutthis]

Mr Trash Wheel look s a far more efficient operation than what you are describing.

[@MadMikeFPV]

This man should earn a medal! However I still think it's sad that those contraptions are needed in the first place. Put your trash where it belongs.

[@npc1374]

the ocean

[@AnAmericanPatriot1555]

Looks like the residents treat their streets and neighborhoods like dumpsters. It really is a shame this was needed in the first place.

[@WatchingDude]

You should do what we do in Australia. Drink containers have a deposit on them, although this is not in all states. City drains have grates across them stop anything large getting into the drain. Road sweepers are sent regularly to clean the rubbish from the gutters. On top of that we have very large fines for anyone caught littering. This machine is a great idea but it would be even better to reduce the problem before it gets to the waterway.

[@swervsplatt9672]

That's exactly what we do in America. Problem is, we have a large portion of people, usually tending to be of a certain ethnicity, who don't care about anything but destroying everything around them, all while contributing absolutely nothing of value to their communities....

[@tracyweiland1767]

I was in Venice, Italy when I was a kid. I thought it was such a beautiful city except there was so much trash floating in the canals. Back then they had a boat that had a cage on the front and it would skim the trash. Fast forward 46 years. I was in Venice for the second time in 2019 during Carnival, which is their busiest season, and there wasn't so much as a cigarette butt floating in the water and I was looking for it! When you arrive at Marco Polo airport you are told you will not litter or else, and people don't. The pigs in Baltimore are just like the pigs here in DC. They use the storm drains as trash cans. Out of sight, out of mind. They think nothing of dumping all their car's trash at the curb. A few blocks from the White House where I live I clean 7 blocks (14 sides) each and every day -right down to the cigarette butts, and without fail I collect no less than two stuffed 13 gallon kitchen trash bags. You name it, I have picked it up. I'll find a coke bottle just a few feet from the public trash can because they couldn't be bothered to walk the three feet. I used to go canoeing on the Potomac and come back with my entire canoe full of trash I picked off the river. I think the children need to be educated on the consequences of littering and have field trips to witness and help clean up the mess so then maybe they'll think twice before throwing that trash on the ground and having it ever make it to the water. I was inspired to clean up other people's trash by the crying Indian (really an Italian actor) Keep America Beautiful commercials back in the '70's. I wish they would come up with some modern version using some famous rapper to inspire the youth not to litter like their elders.

[@Automedon2]

I'm sure the 'Give a Hoot-Don't Pollute' campaign of the 70s must be one of the most successful public campaigns ever' I remember in the early 70s, EVERYONE threw trash out the car window. The sides of every highway were littered, as were the gutters of every city. It is unfortunate that littering seems to be creeping back. You're right, we need a new campaign, especially with new immigrants who come from countries were littering is the norm. I'm not anti immigrant but lived in an area where there were many and I saw it all day, every day.

[@topperhatschire]

The kids are educated. It's grown, entitled adults. Particularly the generation that also promoted dirty industry

[@pleiadesluciernaga8877]

You’re so right. People in the US throw their trash everywhere. It’s so shameful. Go to the mall just after it closes and you’ll see an empty parking lot with starbucks cups and baby diapers… people just tuck them under their car & drive off. What has happened to good manners and courtesy? In college I had a roommate who always wore Tshirts with “save the earth”, etc printed on them. Caught her one day throwing her trash out of her car window & told her what a hypocrite she was. She wasn’t even embarrassed.

[@njm3211]

I'm retired and do the same in my community.

[@anonymousanonymous-tw3wm]

Thank you Tracy 😊

[@samueltucker8473]

We need more of these!

[@MB-rt5bx]

What a guy. Thank you for your excellent invention. Will help the entire planet.

[@grandmasmith]

Great idea, all rivers need one of these while we work on solving our trash problems.

[@13orrax]

engineer: "i dont understand how putting googley eyes on it will make it work better but ok"

[@johnwade1095]

Yeah, it needs fangs and to make om nom nom noises.

[@13orrax]

@@johnwade1095 I guess the hungry hungry hippos were busy

[@johnwade1095]

@@13orrax that would be much better.

[@TimothyFish]

Given that it takes money for these things to work and googley eyes make it easier to get money, I would say that googley eyes make it work better.

[@casualsuede]

That's because your not in marketing and pr. Things work better when the people are behind it.

[@Mario_1611]

"Mmm, trash, I love trash, yum yum trash" - Garbage Goober

[@dreamyx01]

I live in Baltimore county and I was today years old learning about this. I haven't been to the harbor in years I don't have a reason to go into the city. This is awesome. Going to the harbor next summer and check out the difference.

[@aryansolanki8936]

This thing needed in India. Surely the rivers might get cleaned!

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Build it. Be the change you want to see in the world.

[@aryansolanki8936]

@@nonconsensualopinion I can't left my studies suddenly rn

[@rangerswing]

Nahi.. hamme 3000cr statue chaahiye

[@trumpsmum9210]

I doubt it

[@kyokanconnections5986]

This is truly heroic work. This needs to be everywhere a river empties into the ocean around the world! While not the ultimate solution, it is definitely needed as an intermediate step as we humans seem to need more time to change our habits. Thank you for featuring this CNET!

[@johnd.5601]

Pure awesomeness!!! Excellent work on this wonderful beautiful machine.

[@anderander5662]

Now they need to make a model that goes on dry land in Baltimore....

[@pleiadesluciernaga8877]

With a conveyor belt large enough that it can scoop up the people who throw their trash on the street

[@WaynJul]

When I visited I was disgusted by all the trash floating around. Glad you are finding a way to clean it up.

[@TheBurnttea]

This would be absolutely wonderful on the Nile river in Cairo.

[@danieldillbeck6437]

Been there and couldn't agree more. The Nile in Cairo is filthy.

[@afrarunduml1170]

And Ganges

[@MZ99698]

Why don’t local government or philanthropists make them? They can’t be expensive to produce.

[@machupikachu1085]

@@MZ99698 probably because they either don't know about the Trash Wheel concept, or don't care. :(

[@woodiereel2440]

I love this idea but I just think how ironic it was for them to unveil the second trash wheel using trash bags

[@ian3580]

Not ironic. Ironic would be if they then threw them into the water.

[@constancemiller3753]

Ah, PR people. Is there anything they can't ruin?

[@Key_Mind]

That's not ironic. In fact, you'd expect that

[@1TrueGem]

Yeah probably not the best choice. But at least they didn't litter those bags.

[@benjaminnieva6016]

Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West was actually the fourth Trash Wheel installed in Baltimore, after Professor Trash Wheel in Canton, and Captain Trash Wheel in Masonville Cove.

[@artenman]

The real national treasure here is John Kellett

[@hansoh01]

Great job Sir, Thank you for doing this.

[@wabio]

Thanks Mr. Kellet!!! 🦢🦆🐠🐳🐟🐸

[@jakerio8]

I know of a few places that needs a whole naval armada of these

[@captaincaveman8532]

India

[@Angelcynn_]

The Ganges, Yangtze, and Mekong rivers are almost solely responsible for the garbage and plastic in the Pacific Ocean. So we could start there.

[@thorr18BEM]

@@Angelcynn_ I've seen them and it's abhorrent but "almost solely responsible" sounds like not even close to true, especially considering the US produced the most trash over the entire period of history in which things like plastic were in use.

[@h5skb4ru41]

India for sure... Gotta figure out how to remove the corpses from the river though

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

@@thorr18BEM Asia currently accounts for 3/4 of the plastic being dumped in the oceans. The entire western world amounts to 2-3% at most, with the USA not even contributing 1%. Stopping just Nigeria or Egypt from dumping plastic in the oceans would have more of an impact than doing it for all western countries. What's the point you're making anyway? Do you want to put these machines in rivers that barely have any plastic in them because they did 50 years ago? How about stopping the plastic where it actually is?

[@deno5220]

It's nice to see somebody that actually cares about the planet and they're actually doing something instead of running there chops

[@faithybyfaith]

Wow! This man is smart to design such a tool that is clean energy and efficient. I love his initiative.

[@scottwendel633]

What a wonderful invention...They should be everywhere.

[@NickBotha]

This is awesome, every city should set one up 🍺

[@mwint1982]

Googly eyes aren't static, but I'll let it slide this time

[@bbeen40]

Everything about this is just fantastic!

[@synappticuser7296]

Keep Mr Trash gobbling the garbage guys! It's such good news to hear about this project, and hope it catches on everywhere!

[@corettagreene1444]

This is great! Beautiful eyes too. Purple is a very popular color now. Great choice!❤️❤️

[@supremepartydude]

I love seeing good news about Baltimore. Great stuff

[@josebenitez3732]

This has been around quite awhile. It is epic in it's simplicity. Asia, India, the Philippines and all Latin America, okay the world would benefit. Kudos!

[@sydneymitchell8822]

John Kellett is a eco hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this so so much!

[@illuminatusquis5909]

We need this in all of our ports and waterways!

[@Faithintheunseen92]

Thank you so much. Hopefully we can get these everywhere. Like someone else said it should be required.

[@sempaiSteve1]

More people need to know about this. It's an amazing accomplishment, but sad that local governments and big business didn't take action until an upstanding member of the public took action on their own. Well done!

[@boelensds]

Nice low energy, low resource, good cleanup system. high output. love this. 👍🏻🇳🇱

[@jeffgibbon2531]

We need one in Cleveland!

[@-A-c]

Ocean cleanup project can't do it alone....nice.

[@tgsoon2002]

LIttle curious which project cost more to initiate tho. I know Interceptor is better than this, but maybe Trashwheel is lower starting cost.

[@paulkellett7972]

@@tgsoon2002 actually the interceptor is a poor rip off of this, costs more and is not as effective. This has been in use for longer and is very robust.

[@primeshortsnow]

This guy came up with the major design way before the ocean cleanup's interceptors btw but ok

[@brandonsandacz2863]

Thanks for being part of the solution rather then being a part of the problem!! We need more people and machines like this.

[@Train-Sim-Drives-UK]

John Kellet = Legend..... Thank You.

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

Very inspiring

[@garymcaleer6112]

Happy for John. King Solomon, as an old man said, "Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion."

[@bruingold]

Brilliant. Hope he has got more recognition over this. The world needs these ideas on ALL waterways that can keep plastic waste from the Oceans!!!!

[@lsingstock1646]

On 5/29/2921 CBS This Morning ran a piece worth watching. A woman in Kenya is making building blocks from plastic waste. They are building affordable housing with them. How this woman figured it out is amazing.

[@Einsteinbomb]

We need this in every major river and coastal city on Earth.

[@peterembranch5797]

Look at the amount of trash that thing is cleaning up, then reflect on the fact that, before Mr. Trash Wheel came along, all that trash was heading out into the ocean.

[@digitaldaydream420]

Love those trashy city people... that love to tell the rest of the country how to live 😂

[@lyedge]

If for every million people TALKING about environment in the social media, the media, and the government, we have ONE John Kellett, the world will be a much cleaner place. Go John!!!

[@MaartenBakker]

Great work! I love every effort being made to clean our planet. But immediately after the intro mr. Kellet gave, I was thinking: why are the storm drains spilling directly into the harbour rather than into a waste pond with spill sluice and land-based conveyor system? Way easier to replace dumpsters on land. A bit like a return filter in a hydraulic system. Should be cheaper to maintain and power as well.

[@davidwiniger3799]

Great coverage! Thanks for this effort.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

This needs to be taken overseas. It's a gold mine over there

[@TheKaiTetley]

What is a Gold Mind?

[@jad43701]

@@TheKaiTetley One that can think up, design and build Mr. Trash Wheel.

[@TheKaiTetley]

@@jad43701 Good answer

[@lindaashbrook6789]

Fantastic idea!!! They need to be everywhere!!!

[@lukeamato2348]

This is a brilliant invention

[@Time30013]

That dude who invented it seems real cool.

[@TheJysN]

The effects that googly eyes can have, amazing :D

[@NobleViking4]

Proud of John Kellet

[@d.b.1176]

Good job John 👍🏻

[@digitalrbn]

It now needs a Netflix series.

[@purberri]

Send these to all the countries. This is just great!

[@ryanawilson8549]

This needs to go international

[@andreborges1132]

now i know where the ocean cleanup initiative design came from

[@marcoferrao]

I believe the Ocean Clean up initiative pre dates the thrash wheel.

[@shuaige3360]

@@marcoferrao the interceptor from ocean cleanup came after this Mr Trash Wheel But whatever we need all the need we can and we need many thousands of these kind of machine.

[@mirrorflame1988]

Very wonderful initiative!! It should be spread to the world! There was this 17 year old kid genius who was trying the same too. Hope all these good intitiatives succeed for a safe and beautiful world for all life!!

[@kingwillbisthebest]

Bring a couple to Melbourne, Australia. Is very needed

[@mangalatelgote310]

God bless him and specially the Mother Earth will be very happy to see John work of cleaning trash🙏

[@kjaiprabhoo]

Wow, that's an amazing idea, cheers to the creator 👍

[@JustinTime978]

THANK YOU BALTIMORE! YOU ARE MAKING THE EAST COAST CLEANER! WE NEED THIS FOR THE MERRIMACK AND CHARLES RIVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS!

[@robertwoodpa6463]

I just checked to see if Boston had one. It didn't

[@lucillekenney8311]

So humble, "... this little idea." It's pretty huge!

[@mangalatelgote310]

Thank you very much John

[@razorsedge6468]

Wow, I love this. Finally, someone has come up with a real solution to a problem. Good job. If they made these for land and turned it loose in Cali half of LA and SF would be gone in a week...

[@1TrueGem]

😂😂 (I'm a Californian)

[@vincentleone4959]

Keep up the good work!

[@jamesnash6101]

Loved the tracking of the volume of refuse collected.

[@TheKaiTetley]

Man of the decade.

[@o1badmofo763]

Good concept good execution 💯‼️

[@jamesnash6101]

aesthetically pleasing. When people are emotionally connected, they will embrace and financially support a solution to a problem with networking/promoting, protection, pride and a sense of urgency.

[@BadBubbles1205]

Thank you John!!

[@reneornelas4506]

Thankyou John!!😁

[@citizenfriendly3845]

Make this viral KZbinrs!

[@hausaffe100]

why no of the shelf screens on the outflows of the storm drains

[@Globodyne]

Maybe they would get clogged or maybe there are too many of them.

[@eddvcr598]

Its truly chilling to think that that before Mr. Trash Wheel and friends came to gobble up trash, that massive amount of trash were all being deposited into the ocean.

[@upulaherath7204]

Thank you!

[@m.anniejohnson5494]

Love this!!! This should be used elsewhere!! Brilliant

[@mangepange1234]

Omg I read about this like 6 years ago

[@khankhan-ge6oi]

This is the great job of the century clean oceans .salute all person who invent this technology .best regards 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@MH-tn3pp]

Fantastic project ! Bravo !

[@SatyamMishra12295]

We need more people like him.