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 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 ...

Epax Systems Inc., Panorama City, California, has released the Ropax Roto-Compactor to compact recyclables and waste at the point of generation. Using a rotating drum with metal teeth, the machine ...

Champion Waste & Recycling is a Dallas-based waste and recycling company that has served the Dallas-Forth Worth area since 2002. With a 60,000-square-foot material recovery facility (MRF) dedicated to ...

<p><br>On Tuesday, Jan. 27, the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners awarded contracts to design two trash compactor sites for a total of $306,000 to SCS Engineers of Columbia. The money will ...

Downtown Knoxville could look and smell different once the city replaces 700 garbage and recycling carts, or "toters," lining downtown streets with as few as 10 large compactors, based on advice in a ...