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Professor Trash Wheel
This is an image of Professor Trash Wheel in the Baltimore Harbor taken on Oct 18. It sits on the river's opening that runs under Canton into the harbor to collect trash and can even pick up oil slicks from the water. It uses solar and river currents to power a conveyor belt that moves the trash collected from the river, into a dumpster. Where it is then sorted and properly disposed of, this is an example of UN SDG 14: Life below water, this is because the trash wheel collects trash, debris, and other organic matter from entering the bay. This protects the bay from excess nutrients from entering creating damage to marine life. It also allows the city to save money on water sanitation, and use a free energy resource that has much fewer environmental drawbacks. This would make the water wheels less effective as their goal is to protect our natural waterways. The ecological concept displayed here is also protecting our natural nutrient cycle. By limiting debris, and organic matter from making its way into the Chesapeake Bay. The debris would damage the bay and potentially rot in the bay adding excess nutrients that would cause a eutrophic event harming the Bay's ecosystem.
Professor Trash Wheel
This is an image of Professor Trash Wheel in the Baltimore Harbor taken on Oct 18. It sits on the river's opening that runs under Canton into the harbor to collect trash and can even pick up oil slicks from the water. It uses solar and river currents to power a conveyor belt that moves the trash collected from the river, into a dumpster. Where it is then sorted and properly disposed of, this is an example of UN SDG 14: Life below water, this is because the trash wheel collects trash, debris, and other organic matter from entering the bay. This protects the bay from excess nutrients from entering creating damage to marine life. It also allows the city to save money on water sanitation, and use a free energy resource that has much fewer environmental drawbacks. This would make the water wheels less effective as their goal is to protect our natural waterways. The ecological concept displayed here is also protecting our natural nutrient cycle. By limiting debris, and organic matter from making its way into the Chesapeake Bay. The debris would damage the bay and potentially rot in the bay adding excess nutrients that would cause a eutrophic event harming the Bay's ecosystem.