ARLINGTON, Va. — Let’s be real, composting doesn’t usually scream “cutting-edge.” But Arlington County is flipping the script and turning your banana peels and lunch leftovers into a tech-savvy, ...
The city is testing a $4,500 trash can that is able to sense when it's full and automatically compact the garbage inside using solar power. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- In an effort to curb dirty streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, Supervisor Matt Haney announced on Monday the installation of 68 new "smart" trash cans in the ...
City of Napa residents may have noticed the bulky pairs of solar-powered, high-tech trash cans that showed up around the city, and especially downtown, roughly six months ago. They’re known as ...
You see them on the streets all over downtown Chicago--“Bigbelly” compacting garbage cans. On their face, they are almost an impossibly simple idea: solar-powered trash cans which smash the trash, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- The city of San Francisco is taking another looks at Bigbelly smart trash cans as officials work to combat SF's notorious street cleanliness challenges. "Because it even took ...
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 ...
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