The famous “Mr. Trash Wheel” may be making a trip up north to Pittsburgh in an effort to help keep the city’s river clean.
TribLIVE reported that Allegheny CleanWays and Three Rivers Waterkeeper, two nonprofit organizations based in Pennsylvania, are working on deploying a trash wheel in the Monongahela River.
Developed by Clearwater Mills, a trash wheel is a type of floating device that runs on solar energy and pulls garbage out of waterways…