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.

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 ...

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.

The compactors, which were installed in late May, use a system that allows county parks and recreation workers to monitor trash levels online and sends workers a text message when the can is full.

Clark County's waste management contractor has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to install Southern Nevada's first solar-powered trash compactor. The compactor, at UNLV near its ...

The city installed 90 solar trash bins at $4,700 each. People need to step on a pedal to open them. A lament: You can't even tell it's a garbage can.

Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ-- A new solar powered trash compactor sits waiting for us on Canal Street in New Orleans, La. Monday, April 6, 2015.

Philadelphia’s City Controller says the city was ripped off when it bought solar powered trash compactors. The mayor and streets commissioner see it differently. Skip to content. On Point ... Fiscal ...

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 ...

The city installed 90 solar trash bins at $4,700 each. People need to step on a pedal to open them. A lament: You can't even tell it's a garbage can.