In the summer months, Chicagoans flock to the city's beautiful Lake Michigan waterfront. Given the kinds of winters they have to put up with, you can understand why. But one of the drawbacks to a day ...

PATERSON — Alex Soto walked right past one of Paterson’s new $4,700 solar-powered sidewalk trash compactors on 10th Avenue last Thursday afternoon and instead dumped his empty juice bottle in a ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city is set to launch a pilot program that will bring smart solar-powered trash cans in an effort to keep Downtown Bakersfield looking clean for residents and visitors ...

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 ...

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 ...

Groton ― The town plans to put this year’s funds from the surcharge on “nip” bottles of liquor toward solar trash compactors, trash barrels made of composite materials, and a vehicle to pick up trash, ...

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 ...

PATERSON — One after another, members of the City Council expressed their criticism on May 20 of the 90 solar-powered trash compactors that were installed in Paterson’s commercial business districts ...

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 ...