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    Meet Mr. Trash Wheel: Baltimore Harbor's Googly Eyed Garbage Gobbler

    Maryland lawmakers recently became the first in the U.S. to approve a statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers — and a local Baltimore celebrity may have had something to do with it.
    Apr 16, 2019 2 minutes
    Mr. Trash Wheel — and his cousins Professor Trash Wheel and Captain Trash Wheel — have scooped up a million Styrofoam containers since the first one was installed on a tributary leading to Baltimore Harbor in 2014. (Rosem Morton for Here & Now)

    Maryland lawmakers last month became the first in the country to approve a statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers.

    And a local Baltimore celebrity may have had a little something to do with the new policy.

    Mr. Trash Wheel — and his cousins Professor Trash Wheel and Captain Trash Wheel — have scooped up a million Styrofoam containers since the first

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