Latest version of 30-watt solar-powered trash crusher, found in several cities, fits in better. And future versions are set to get remote communications. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

It's an unsightly spectacle that's all-too familiar – trashbins overflowing with rubbish, littering the landscape from city streets tolocal beaches with mountains of plastic bottles, newspapers, ...

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Garbage collection in town has gone solar -- at least partly. The town recently installed a "BigBelly" Solar Compactor and Recycling Unit at the corner of Main and Railroad streets ...

The makers of a solar-powered trash compactor, which officially changed their company name from Seahorse Power Company Inc. to BigBelly Solar Inc. on Tuesday, have raised $3.2 million in equity, as ...

Chances are you got some green gifts for the holidays. When you are done with those consumer items, you could put them in the Big Belly Solar Compactor at the corner of Eighth and Bannock streets and ...

PITTSFIELD - The MA Department of Energy Resources has announced that the City of Pittsfield will receive five BigBelly solar compacting bins as a part of its recent Green Community designation. The ...

Mack Molding Co., Arlington, Vt., and its customer BigBelly Solar, based in Needham, Mass., have been named joint winners of one of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2010 ...

Described as “compactor-integrated smart bins” by manufacturer Bywaters, Bigbelly bins are equipped with a solar panel and an app to signal when they are near capacity, leading to reduced collection ...