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'Mr. Trash Wheel' Gobbles up Garbage

May 04, 2017 01:10 AM
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An unusual machine working in Baltimore, with more than 20,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter, has just celebrated its third birthday. Imaginatively named "Mr. Trash Wheel," this hybrid-powered contraption is responsible for preventing the city's trash from reaching its inner harbor. VOA's George Putic reports.

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