June 2021
Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West, Baltimore’s fourth trash wheel, was opened in Ridgely’s Cove at the mouth of the Gwynns Falls. As the city’s largest trash wheel, Gwynnda is capable of collecting approximately 300 tons of trash and debris from the Gwynns Falls each year — more than the consumption of the other three trash wheels combined.
“The nearly 25-mile-long Gwynns Falls stream begins in Baltimore County, flows through Baltimore City, and ends in the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
Gwynnda’s three relatives together have collected a total of more than 1,600 tons of trash and debris, including more than 12 million cigarette butts, more than 1.3 million foam containers, nearly 1.3 plastic bottles, and more than 760,000 plastic bags.”