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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PATERSON — Alex Soto walked right past one of Paterson's new $4,700 solar-powered sidewalk trash compactors on 10th Avenue last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city is set to launch a pilot program that will bring smart solar-powered trash cans in an effort ...

The design of a solar-powered trash compactor for city streets used several plastic-molding issues to make it practical. The original compactor made by BigBelly Solar in Needham, Mass., worked well ...

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 ...

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, ...

Being green isn’t always easy, particularly for a city with limited resources to spend on environmental programs. But Santa Clarita, Calif., has found an affordable way to help reduce its carbon ...

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 ...

A Manhattan lawmaker is talking trash about the Big Apple. Councilman Ben Kallos wants the city to buy 1,000 solar-powered trash compactors, saying that’s the best way to deal with litter and rat ...

Waste Management of Florida recently installed an order of 24 solar-powered waste and recycling compactors throughout area beaches and marinas in Collier County, Florida, the Naples Daily News reports ...