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 ...

April 1, 2008 Able to compact gallons of rubbish with a single gulp, the BigBelly solar trash compactor cuts public garbage collection emissions by up to 80 percent and operates for an entire day on ...

Solar-powered recycling-oriented trash compactors around the country will be using Raleigh-based WasteZero as a trash bag provider in a new, environmentally friendly partnership. Solar-powered ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A high-tech, solar-powered trash compactor used in national parks, on college campuses and in cities coast-to-coast, made its Cleveland debut this week on a bustling street corner.

Supervisor Jane Kim (in red) and the members of nonprofit Yerba Buena Community Benefit District (YBCBD). Photos courtesy of YBCBD Yerba Buena welcomed nine new Bigbelly trash compactor receptacles ...

In the summer months, Chicagoans flock to the city's beautiful Lake Michigan waterfront. Given the kinds of winters they have to put up with, you can understand why. But one of the drawbacks to a day ...