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July 28, 2009

Philly adds 500 solar trash bins

  • The BigBelly bins use solar energy to condense trash — cutting collection trips by 75 percent.

    • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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 yet, Philadelphia has replaced 700 downtown trash bins with 500 of the high-tech compactors, which use solar energy to condense trash — cutting down collection trips by 75 percent.


     
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