For River And Harbours,

here is a neat rubbish collecting  machine,

 that actually works, and looks fun as well, the device was created by sailor and engineer John Kellett who watched debris build up around Baltimore’s waterfront for over twenty years, Mr. Trash Wheel, (what a great name), has helped lead to Maryland’s statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers (a first in the country), partly because of a loyal Twitter following by local fans who are witness to the devastating amount of trash intercepted each day,

 using the power of the sun, the semi-autonomous machine rakes litter out of the water and up a slow but sturdy conveyer belt, the belt is strong enough to hoist mattresses, trees, and kegs from the water and into a dumpster located on a separate barge for recycling and disposal,

 all well and good so far, but is it effective? in a word Yes! since 2014, the trash-scooping object has intercepted 638,594 plastic bags, 1,000,000 styrofoam containers, 150 miles of cigarette butts, and one ball python, I am guessing it is to cold in Baltimore for crocodiles, 

Mr. Trash Wheel now has two cousin interceptors named Professor Trash Wheel and Captain Trash Wheel who have equally cartoonish eyes attached to the front of their wide-mouthed exteriors, You can watch Mr. Trash Wheel digest its millionth pound of trash in the video below, and view a live stream of real time waste consumption on its website,

I am just amazed that with such a clean up record there is not one or more on most rivers and harbours to collect rubbish, it is green, does a great job, looks cute and is proven to work, why on earth has a company not snapped up this idea and marketed Mr. Trash Wheel world wide? you could even local run a competition to name your own Mr. Trash Wheel, the name of a few politician springs to mind when naming one for the River Thames, no wait a second the man I have in mind spews rubbish out!