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Over spring break, the Department of Facilities Management updated how people on campus can get rid of their trash, installing 60 new BigBelly solar compactors across campus, said Grounds ...

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 ...

Riverhead is planning to roll out new trash receptacles that will have the triple duty of accepting garbage, providing Wi-Fi service at beaches and signaling sanitation workers that the bins are full.

After experimenting with solar-powered trash compactors, the city of Richmond is preparing to install the receptacles in areas of high-pedestrian traffic such as Broad Street and Carytown. The city ...