Meet Mr Trash Wheel – and the other new devices that eat river plastic

Good News Notes: “The Great Bubble Barrier is just that – a wall of bubbles. It gurgles across the water in a diagonal screen, pushing plastic to one side while allowing fish and other wildlife to pass unharmed. The technology, created by a Dutch firm and already being used in Amsterdam, is being trialled in the Douro…

Young cancer survivor obsessed with Bumblebee gets special birthday surprise

Good News Notes: A 4-year-old boy has “been through multiple surgeries, many rounds of chemo, two bone marrow transplants, radiation, and antibody therapy.” He loves Bumblebee, the yellow transformer from the movie franchise. The whole community came together to line the streets along his entire route to school with yellow vehicles for his birthday. View…