The National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like ...

Solar-powered trash compactors arrived at local beaches and marinas last month as part of a pilot program aimed at reducing litter and making trash collection more efficient. Although the compactors ...

Stratford is looking to be a little greener. This week, the town is starting to deploy 41 combined Bigbelly solar trash compactors and recycle containers. Related Content: Mystic Aquarium promotes ‘No ...

PATERSON — Alex Soto walked right past one of Paterson’s new $4,700 solar-powered sidewalk trash compactors on 10th Avenue last Thursday afternoon and instead dumped his empty juice bottle in a ...

A Sheepshead Bay legislator insists that high-tech, solar-powered trash compactors will solve the neighborhood’s litter problem — and claims he’ll pay to have them installed — even though the city ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Trash disposal and recycling has just gone high tech with the installation of solar powered Big Belly units in high pedestrian traffic areas in Port Townsend. Civil Engineer Laura ...

FleetGenius LLC, a Naples, Florida-based national provider of sustainable container and compactor solutions, has announced the launch of its new compactor website, www.fgcompactorsolutions.com. The ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Is it any surprise that a city known for its love of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and cannolis would embrace a solar-powered trash compactor called a BigBelly? In the largest rollout ...

The ROPAX Jumbo Rolling Compactor from Epax Systems uses a rolling drum with sharp metal teeth to crush, macerate, tear, rip and compress waste in large open top containers/dumpsters. The rolling drum ...

Duluth city officials celebrated Earth Day on Friday by heralding 10 new solar-powered trash cans along the Lakewalk. The new, high-tech trash cans, located between Canal Park and 26th Avenue East, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk State University is looking to create a smarter and greener campus, and one way they hope to do so is with the arrival of 20 solar-powered trash and recycling bins. School ...