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Latest version of 30-watt solar-powered trash crusher, found in several cities, fits in better. And future versions are set to get remote communications. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

A Sheepshead Bay legislator insists that high-tech, solar-powered trash compactors will solve the neighborhood’s litter problem — and claims he’ll pay to have them installed — even though the city ...

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 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 ...

MUSKEGON, MI – More than a dozen mini trash compactors, some that also will take recyclables, are coming to Muskegon’s Pere Marquette beach. The 14 compactors will replace many of the traditional ...