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 ...

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 ...

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They seem to turn heads wherever they're installed: new solar-powered trash compactors that are meant to save time and energy. Orange County, Calif., received its first set Friday, when Waste ...

Philadelphia has replaced 700 downtown trash bins with 500 high-tech trash compactors, which use solar energy to condense trash _ cutting down collection trips by 75 percent.

PATERSON — In city where many people complain about litter-strewn streets, officials on Tuesday celebrated the installation of the first of 90 solar-powered trash receptacles — devices that cost ...

The city of Allentown is using the power of the sun to keep its streets clean. The first of 250 so-called Big-Belly solar trash compactors was unveiled Wednesday at 12th and Hamilton streets, outside ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Is it any surprise that a city known for its love of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and cannolis would embrace a solar-powered trash compactor called a BigBelly? In the largest rollout ...