Ocean garbage can power homes

Mr. Trash Wheel is a solar and water powered trash cleaner that keeps garbage from the ocean and it’s then converted into energy. http://cnn.it/2o2Ozb3Mr. Mr. Trash Wheel is a water-wheel vessel that removes trash from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.^[1][2] Rubbish from the streets of Baltimore is flushed into storm drains, and it ends up in the Inner Harbor.^[3] Mr. Trash Wheel is powered by the current from the Jones Falls River, and backup power is provided by solar panels when the current is sluggish.^[4] The power sources propel a water wheel, which powers a conveyor belt.^[1][5] Mr. Trash Wheel removes floating debris using rotating forks that dip into and out of the water, and which then place the trash onto a conveyor belt which moves it into a dumpster

 

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