Is it possible to collect all the trash in orbit ?

Would it be possible to use a spacecraft to fly at the same speed as the trash in orbit and safely collect it in a huge bag or net and send it back to Earth or push it out to a much further orbit ? Or perhaps reuse it to make a new space station. I think it can done but not at our current level of technology. 

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