John Kellett is a very surprised man. When he began thinking about doing something about the  trash that flowed into Baltimore’s inner harbour whenever it rained, he had no idea that he would spawn a social media family with a worldwide following or find a way to help Baltimore’s residents turn garbage into electrical power.

“Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have thought that this idea I sketched on a napkin would lead to all this.” At the same time, he looks at the success of the Trash Wheel Family as being a symptom of a disease, not a cure – the solution is for all of us to manage our waste sustainably and stop using so much plastic.