© 2026 NPR Illinois
For your right to be curious.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Baltimore's Trash Wheels Are 'Last Best Hope' For Keeping City's Trash Out Of Ocean

For the full article, click here


Last year, Maryland’s legislature was the first in the nation to ban Styrofoam food containers. Supporters say some of the credit should go to Baltimore’s trash wheels. They sit at the mouth of tributaries that flow into the Baltimore Harbor, and they use the current to catch garbage as it flows toward open water.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.