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  • Boston Herald: Bright outlook for BigBelly Solar - November 8, 2011

    The New England Clean Energy Council has chosen BigBelly Solar Inc. as its “Emerging Company of the Year.” Receiving the award at the council’s “Green Tie Gala,” BigBelly Solar CEO Barry Fougere noted the company’s recent shift to an information services company — a type of “smart grid” that provides wireless connections and software to analyze waste disposal and recycling rates.

  • New England Energy Council: BigBelly Solar named 2011 Emerging Company of the Year - November 8, 2011

    BigBelly Solar, a global provider of innovative and sustainable solutions for the management of waste & recycling, was named Emerging Company of the Year for its dramatic growth and substantial global influence in increasing resource efficiencies and reducing environmental impacts in the waste management industry.

  • Delray Beach, FL – CBS12 News: Compressing the mess with BigBelly Solar system - October 24, 2011

    Delray’s Sustainability Officer Rich Reade says they pay for themselves, saving the city $15,000 a year. “That saves not only on personnel costs, benefit costs but it also saves on fuel, it saves on maintenance of our trucks and different equipment, and then it saves on the liners.” This saves the city money, but also allows for better use of their staff. “Because we’ve been in such a tight budget over the past couple of years, it allows us to shift our resources to areas where we might’ve been more deficient,” said Reade.

  • New York Magazine: Urban Global Design 2011 – The City as Laboratory - October 17, 2011

    A trash can with brains, the BigBelly solar compactor has “a sensor that knows when it’s getting full and activates a compressor to push down all the trash. The cans take longer to fill up, and that reduces the number of pickups by the city’s trash trucks.” — Maria Nicanor, assistant curator, Guggenheim Museum

  • Inverness, FL: Learn the joy of trash - October 15, 2011

    “They compact five times as much trash as a regular trash can, and they’re smart,” said Katie Cottrell, director of public works. “From the website, we can see all of the cans,” Cottrell said. “Before, we had city employees going out and checking them every day.” The new containers will allow the city to empty the machines once or twice a week instead of daily like they now do, saving man hours.

  • PlanPhilly.com: BigBelly Solar Compactors Get Noticed - October 14, 2011

    New York magazine named Philly’s BigBelly Solar trashcans a favorite recent urban invention in its current issue on Urban Global Design, in which our smart solar trash cans stand proudly alongside contemporary architecture like a Calatrava bridge in Venice.

  • Newton’s BigBelly Solar is building an Internet of trash cans - September 23, 2011

    BigBelly Solar is integrating GSM wireless connectivity into its trash and recycling cans, which allow them to report their status to a Web-based software system. Dubbed a “smart grid for waste and recycling,” by sending crews out to empty only the receptacles that need it, BigBelly Solar thinks it can eliminate at least 7 of every 10 pick-up trips that trash vehicles make today.

  • Allentown unveils 250 solar waste & recycling stations - August 31, 2011

    The City of Allentown, PA turns to the BigBelly intelligent waste & recycling collection system to save money, time and fuel. Introducing public-space recycling for the first time, the City will deploy 250 waste & recycling stations in high-traffic areas and parks around town.

  • Mass High Tech names 15 All-Stars for 2011 - August 29, 2011

    Mass High Tech, The Voice of New England Innovation, introduced the 15 recipients of its 2011 MHT All-Stars Awards. The All-Stars Awards recognize driven and influential leaders of New England’s innovation economy. This is the 16th year of the awards program.

  • Appalachian State University: Solar trash compactors part of campus scene - August 26, 2011

    Boone, NC – Solar-powered trash compactors are now part of the Appalachian State University campus thanks to the student-led Renewable Energy Initiative (REI). Four solar compactors have been located in the center of campus along Sanford Mall and near Belk Library and Information Commons and D.D. Dougherty Hall, areas of high student, faculty and staff…

  • Kirkland installs solar compactors throughout downtown - August 4, 2011

    Kirkland installed the BigBelly waste & recycling stations throughout downtown, increasing recycling while reducing operating costs, fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions. Mayor Joan McBride said: “This is using technology truly for the public good. It will keep our city better; it sends a message to our youth and to our visitors.”

  • Turkish Article in Solfasol: Solar Powered Trash Containers - June 10, 2011

    We all contribute to the problem of garbage, and municipalities face an enormous challenge in finding cost-effective ways to transport and dispose of the garbage we create… It is exciting to see a smart product that provides a much-needed solution to a major municipal problem.

  • Albany, NY: Compactor savings – not just trash - June 7, 2011

    Combining solar-powered remote monitoring and on-site compaction with more than 100 waste & recycling stations around town, the BigBelly system is helping the capital city of Albany, NY save money, reduce its carbon footprint, and keep the streets cleaner.

  • WorldWatch.org: One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Solar-Compacted Trash - June 6, 2011

    Until recently, Philadelphia had to make pickups in the city center three times a day, which stretched the city’s already thin municipal resources. Installing solar-powered trash compactors, however, has allowed Philadelphia to reduce its trash pickup burden dramatically, with associated savings and ancillary benefits such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions, less crowded streets, and increased recycling.

  • Fox 7 News: City of Austin Unveils Solar Power Trash Compactors - June 6, 2011

    Austin, TX – They may look like regular trash bins but inside the BigBellys there’s a lot more you can’t see. These containers are actually solar powered trash compactors. “We are able to collect about four times as much as a regular public trash receptacle,” said Jennifer Herber with the city’s Solid Waste Services Department.…

  • Boston Business Journal: Outside the Box _ Jack Kutner - June 3, 2011

    CEO of company that makes novel waste collection system says environment and economic growth go hand in hand. Jack Kutner is a businessman who’s not afraid to describe himself as an environmentalist. And it’s not just because he is CEO of BigBelly Solar, the fast-growing company that makes the trash bins with solar panels you’ve seen around your city or town…

  • El Paso Inc.: City rolls out solar-powered bins Downtown - June 2, 2011

    The City of El Paso began installing 73 BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors in Downtown last week, replacing 40 percent of the green rod-iron trash bins in the area. The city expects to save money by cutting collection trips, reducing fuel costs and allowing the city to reallocate staffing resources to other programs. A recent pilot program showed the collection frequency using the solar powered trash compactors was reduced to twice a week, compared to 14 times a week for a conventional bin.

  • Boston Business Journal: BigBelly Solar is Best Green Practices winner in Innovation - May 20, 2011

    By installing a network of solar compactors and recycling kiosks along entire collection routes, the company’s customers can realize substantial system-wide savings and see immediate cash-flow savings through leasing. The City of Philadelphia did this in 2009, enabling it to staff a brand new downtown recycling program. The city saved $900,000 in the first year.

  • C40 Cities: Global Best Practice for Waste – Philadelphia, USA - May 13, 2011

    The BigBelly system in Philadelphia has been highlighted by the Climate Leadership Group as a global best practice in the category of managing waste. The citywide use of BigBelly Solar waste & recycling stations has resulted in annual CO2 reduction, financial savings and increased residential recycling rates.

  • Staten Island Advance: Gateway installs new trash and recycling receptacles - May 7, 2011

    In Staten Island’s Miller Field, bellies aren’t just for digesting lunch — they’re for compacting trash and sorting recycling. The National Park Service has installed “BigBelly” waste stations to green its parks, reducing trash pickups by 75 percent. The set-up of these receptacles also encourages recycling — some parks have seen the instances of cross-contamination between recycling and regular trash go from 50 percent to 10 percent. Because they are enclosed they also eliminate overflow; this keeps trash and odor in, and animals out.

  • CBS Philly: Philadelphia Students, Local Artists Create ‘Litter Critters’ On South Street - April 27, 2011

    Philadelphia, PA – Litter critters make South Street their new home, designed to encourage the public to feed them… trash. 50 solar trash compactors along South Street known as “BigBellies” have been covered in painted vinyl wrappings making the doors in many cases look like the mouths of a colorful creatures or “litter critters.” “They’re…

  • College Planning & Management: Solar-Powered…Waste Collection? - April 22, 2011

    Washington, DC – Georgetown University’s Solid Waste and Recycling manager has several important goals: to bring sustainability leadership to the management of waste and recycling, to do so in a highly efficient and cost-effective way, and keep to the historic campus looking constantly clean and green. An innovative solar-powered waste collection system is a unique solution.

  • Bridgeport gets solar trash bins - April 21, 2011

    Bridgeport, CT – Bridgeport is celebrating Earth Day in a high-tech way by harnessing the power of the sun to help please mother nature. The city has gone high-tech with solar-powered garbage bins.

  • PTI: Philadelphia Wins Sustainability Technology Award for BigBelly System - April 15, 2011

    The Public Technology Institute hosts an annual competition to recognize PTI members who demonstrate how they use technology to solve problems, reduce costs, and improve services and internal operations. The City of Philadelphia won the 2010-2011 Technology Solutions Award for Sustainability for their citywide use of BigBelly waste & recycling stations.

  • Port Jefferson Patch: Port Jeff Installs Solar Trash Compactors - April 13, 2011

    Port Jefferson, NY – Port Jefferson is the first village in Suffolk County to install BigBelly Solar trash compactors, some of the most advanced garbage cans in the country. These “green” machines currently appear in over 40 states and 20 countries, but Port Jefferson is the first town in Suffolk County to give these machines…

  • Times Beacon Record: BigBellies hit the sidewalks - April 6, 2011

    Port Jefferson, NY – Mayor Margot Garant: 20 new BigBelly solar powered trash and recycling receptacles have replaced our open air garbage bins to help clean up our sidewalks, reduce costs and emissions, and begin a village-wide recycling initiative.

  • Independent Florida Alligator: City tests solar-powered trash cans - April 4, 2011

    Strategically placed solar compactors in high-traffic areas should save the City of Gainesville enough money to bring the compactors on campus. “We’re looking at one year for a payoff,” said Stanley Estes, the Gainesville solid waste field operations supervisor. “Institutions want to be able to take that reduction in waste collection and move those newly formed hours to more tasks, especially to tasks on campus.”

  • Chicago Tribune: TO: You. FROM: Trash. SUBJECT: Empty me. - March 30, 2011

    With smartphones that can start your car and deposit a check into your bank account, it was only a matter of time before a trash can could send an email when it’s ready to be emptied. The “smart cans” — called BigBelly — are solar-powered trash cans that have dotted Chicago streets since 2007 and are starting to pop up in the suburbs and throughout Illinois. This month, Chicago ordered 400 BigBelly cans for the city’s high-traffic areas and joins major cities such as New York and Philadelphia in the BigBelly movement.

  • Iowa State University: Residence Halls Go Green With Garbage - March 28, 2011

    Ames, IA— The Iowa State University Department of Residence is helping the university fulfill two missions with just one initiative. As a way to both “Keep Iowa State Beautiful” and “Live Green,” the Department of Residence will soon add a total of 30 solar trash compactors to areas outside the residence halls and on campus…

  • NeedhamPatch.com: Needham Business Puts Mark on Chicago - March 28, 2011

    A local company, which got its start in Needham, will soon put its stamp on the Windy City.

    BigBelly Solar recently made a deal with the city of Chicago to set up 400 of its solar-powered trash compactors, along with its adjacent recycling units and a wireless monitoring system, for $2.5 million. Under the agreement, the city, and related organizations, can buy up to 1,200 more in the future.

  • News Channel 7: Trash Cans Go Green In Western NC - March 25, 2011

    Asheville, NC – “So far, it’s cut down on our pickups from daily to once a week,” said Chris Daniels with the public works department. He says the compactor cuts down on overflow and it doesn’t need any power to work. “It will reduce our maintenance costs, it will reduce our fuel costs and it will reduce our manpower.”

  • ProspectHeightsPatch: 20 Solar-Powered Trash Cans Coming to Flatbush Ave - March 1, 2011

    Brooklyn, NY – The future is coming to Flatbush Avenue – in the form of 20 brand-new, high-tech garbage cans. Next year, the North Flatbush Business Improvement District plans to install 20 solar-powered, self-compacting trash cans to the avenue between Grand Army Plaza and Atlantic Avenue. “Were trying to keep up with the times and…

  • WasteAdvantage Magazine: Thinking Outside the Bin - March 1, 2011

    With demand for waste collection rising and city budgets shrinking, innovation is required. A new wireless monitoring and notification system for public compacting waste receptacles is one such innovation, greening collection activity while saving plenty of green.

  • Solid Waste & Recycling: Pilot recycling program diverts 95% of Halifax’s beverage containers - February 28, 2011

    Halifax, Canada – Nestlé Waters Canada and Waterfront Development Corporation Limited (WDC) recently announced that the recent pilot public spaces recycling program on the Halifax waterfront resulted in a 95 percent diversion rate for beverage containers and a combined container, paper diversion rate of 83 percent. Public spaces recycling captures the “last mile” of recyclables…

  • CambridgeFirst: Solar bins operating in Cambridge, UK - February 22, 2011

    BigBelly solar kiosks have been introduced to a recreation ground in East Chesterton: “These bins mean the city council can cut fuel costs and carbon emissions bringing benefits to taxpayers and the environment,” said Councillor Clare Blair.

  • Lowell, MA City Manager: City Receives Seven Solar Compactor Kiosks - February 22, 2011

    “The BigBelly kiosks are strategically installed throughout the downtown to help the City increase cost efficiency from labor and maintenance, fuel cost reductions, reduce instances of litter, and provide environmental benefits” said City Manager Bernie Lynch. “Their implementation is another example of the many steps taken to improve energy efficiency citywide, reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and improving air quality; the kiosks are a welcome benefit of being designated a Green Community.”

  • Brown University: Solar-powered trash can reduces carbon footprint, cuts costs - February 7, 2011

    BigBelly trash cans compact the trash they receive and call for pickup when they are full. Fewer pickups means savings on truck fuel and maintenance staff time. “Once we saw for ourselves that the unit really was saving fuel and time, we developed a campuswide implementation plan,” wrote Ginger Gritzo, energy and environmental programs coordinator in Facilities Management.

  • GreenBiz.com: Waste Management Tees Up Green at Phoenix Open - February 2, 2011

    Phoenix, AZ – For a second year, Waste Management, the title sponsor of the Phoenix Open, brings a raft of environmental service innovations to the popular PGA tournament, including 60 solar-powered compactors and recycling kiosks.

  • BostInnovation: BigBelly Solar Doubles Revenues in 2010 - February 2, 2011

    BigBelly solar compactors put open-topped trash baskets to absolute shame, holding four to five times the waste of a normal trash can and passing along cost savings of up to 80 percent to municipalities. The company recently announced that it’s full of something else: sales success. In 2010, the company boasts 2X revenue growth and staff increases of 30 percent.

  • McDonoughVoice.com: City adds solar trash compactors downtown - December 16, 2010

    Macomb, IL – A new trash collection option for Macomb’s downtown will increase available capacity by more than five times. In partnership with the city, Waste Management has added six new solar-powered trash compactors to the downtown area. The machines are located mid-block on the east and west sides of the square and one on…

  • Albany: 93 BigBelly Solar Trash Compactors Installed! - December 2, 2010

    Albany, NY – Have you seen the new additions to the Lark Street neighborhood? In November thirteen BigBelly Solar Compactors and Recycling units were installed throughout the area. An Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant from the United States Department of Energy provided funding for 93 BigBelly Solar litter baskets and 20 recycling units to…

  • Solar trash compactors sing Christmas carols in Frankfurt - December 1, 2010

    Four new solar-powered trash compactors made their debut yesterday in Frankfurt’s Christmas Market. When people put their trash in one of the new super bins, the bin gives them a sweet Christmas serenade. Each bin sings a different carol, including “O Tannenbaum” and “Silent Night, Holy Night.” Frankfurt’s head of street cleaning, Herr Peter Postleb,…

  • GovPro.com: Solar-powered trash compactors deliver savings in Philadelphia - November 23, 2010

    Replacing 700 wire wastebaskets throughout Philadelphia’s Center City with 500 solar-powered compactors and 210 single-stream sidewalk recycling cans has helped cut transportation and labor costs for city solid waste operations. Said Streets Commissioner Clarina Tolson, “Philadelphia will save $13 million in cumulative collection [costs] over the next 10 years.” The units are networked wirelessly so that each machine knows when it’s getting full, and it communicates that status through a text message to a central computer server.

  • Winchester, MA: Solar-powered trashcans keep sidewalks clean - November 19, 2010

    “We used to go six days per week to those locations, but now we go on the seventh day only,” said DPW Business Manager LeeAnn McGahan. “It really approves the aesthetics of the downtown area,” she said of the barrels, which also include recycling receptacles. “Things aren’t overflowing like they used to be. It’s much neater and cleaner.”

  • Cornell Daily Sun: Solar Trash Cans Compact Garbage On the Commons - November 19, 2010

    ITHACA, NY – The Ithaca Commons is sporting new devices for green waste collection: solar-powered trash cans. “From a Board of Public Works perspective, the BigBelly has performed well,” said Kristin Lewis, operations manager of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and owner of Morris’ Men’s Wear, which is on the Commons. “They have been received very…

  • Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Waste cans talking trash - November 7, 2010

    BINS CONVERSE ELECTRONICALLY WORCESTER, MA – In the world of high-tech, gee-whiz gadgetry, parking meters and public trash bins don’t typically figure prominently. But times are changing downtown. The airwaves behind City Hall now are crowded with wireless data transmissions, e-mails and text messages sent by, well, Web-surfing trash cans and parking meters. Not to…

  • Lexington installs new solar-powered trash bins - November 4, 2010

    Lexington, MA — The town has purchased 14 new solar-powered trash and recycling bins to cut down on energy costs and promote recycling. Acquired using a “Green Communities” grant, the BigBelly units have cut collections in the town center from daily to only once per week. Superintendent of Environmental Services Robert Beaudoin says the new bins “raise awareness to recycle.”

  • NECN: Solar powered trash compactors coming to Worcester - October 28, 2010

    Worcester is looking to keeps parks clean with a little help from a product known as the “BigBelly”. “It cuts down on the number of times a day these receptacles have to be emptied and there’s an automatic cue to the DPW that the trash compactors are full and need to be picked up,” says Julie Jacobson, Assistant City Manager.

  • VCU Increases Efforts to Go Green with 15 ‘BigBelly’ Solar-Powered Trash Compactors - October 22, 2010

    Richmond, VA – Virginia Commonwealth University has added 15 new solar-powered trash collectors on the Monroe Park and MCV campuses as part of the university’s effort to become a greener place to study and work. Completely self-powered, the “BigBelly” trash collection system uses solar energy to compact garbage, allowing the bins to hold up to…

  • The Stony Brook Press: Squeezing Out Efficiency - October 1, 2010

    BigBelly compactors, which require fewer costs to maintain, are implemented to both manage the necessity of constant garbage changing while saving Stony Brook University excess spending on custodial service.

  • Duluth News Tribune: Green dividends on the Lakewalk - October 1, 2010

    “These trash containers will hold up to five times as much as traditional containers,” Mayor Don Ness said during an afternoon news conference along the Lakewalk in Leif Erikson Park. “That will result in a 75 percent reduction in our operation costs” by reducing the number of times workers have to empty the containers.

  • SolidWasteMag.com: Halifax waterfront recycling program kicks off - September 20, 2010

    Halifax, CANADA – A new green initiative was launched on September 9, 2010 at Nova Scotia’s most visited destination — the Halifax waterfront. Waterfront Development Corporation (WDC), Nestlé Waters Canada, and RRFB Nova Scotia announced the Halifax waterfront public spaces recycling program, which is the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada. The initiative involves…

  • EnzymePDX – Alternative Energy Where You Least Expect It - September 1, 2010

    Greg Goodman (president of City Center Parking) first spotted the BigBelly in Boston, and after researching how they worked, decided to import them to Portland. Their most notable benefit over traditional trash cans is how they double as compactors – since they can store more, they need to be emptied only one-fifth as frequently as typical cans, reducing fuel consumption and vehicle exhaust.

  • Trash Put In Its Place In Downtown Laredo - August 25, 2010

    The City of Laredo Environmental Services Department placed 45 BigBelly solar compactors in the downtown, replacing more than half the area’s old trashcans. Intended to reduce collections from as many as 3 times daily to only twice per week, the solar compactors are also for public education on energy conservation. Read more and see the video.

  • AddingUpToZero.com: Solar Power: Going beyond Calculators - July 20, 2010

    Duluth, MN – Found throughout campus of University Minnesota Duluth are the BigBelly trash compactor units. These units rely on solar power for their compaction process, reducing the number of pick ups and overall emissions.

  • CNNMoney.com: Solar-powered trash compactor - July 19, 2010

    CNN reporter Jonathan Blum reports how cities like Philadelphia are putting solar-powered garbage compactors on their sidewalks to save money while going green.

  • IndyStar.com: BigBelly knows when it’s full - July 13, 2010

    Solar-powered trash compactors designed to cut costs, emissions in 53 city parks. The solar compactors wirelessly monitor when they need to be emptied. They’re high-efficiency and low-maintenance, Walker said…

  • Mother Earth News: BigBelly: The Solar Trash Compactor - June 18, 2010

    It’s no secret that we have a trash problem in the United States. According to the Clean Air Council, the average person in the U.S. throws away 4.39 pounds of trash per day. While landfills are filling up with no end in sight, BigBelly Solar has engineered a way to cut back on trash-collecting trips. The trash may keep coming, but at least these guys are making a dent in the industry’s carbon footprint.

  • Newsweek: The Comeback Country - May 20, 2010

    “Cities and institutions like universities and park systems are eager to do more with less,” says CEO Jim Poss. Leasing 500 compacting units has allowed Philadelphia to cut weekly pickups from 17 to five, and will save it $13 million over 10 years. BigBelly Solar, like many businesses in fast-growing markets, indirectly supports a large number of jobs. BigBelly solar compactors, which are entirely made in the U.S., have been exported to 25 countries.

  • Bloomington, IN: City Goes Solar In Trash Battle - April 20, 2010

    “This was the greenest thing we could do … to use a BigBelly Solar Compactor,” said Shelby Walker, Bloomington’s sanitation director. “If we don’t have to come down here as often and stop as often, then we’ll have the fuel savings, as well as it frees that worker up to do other things throughout the city,” he said.

  • Kitsap Sun: High-Tech Garbage Cans Could Mean Big Savings for Kitsap County - March 24, 2010

    Kitsap County, WA – The installation of 80 high-tech trash compactors — expected to save Kitsap County more than $100,000 a year — is nearly finished with units in 14 county parks. The BigBelly Solar trash compactors, invented by a Bainbridge Island man, are coming to Kitsap County after catching on in cities throughout the…

  • USA Today: Trash cans dumped for sun-powered compactors - March 10, 2010

    A growing number of cities and municipalities are using solar-powered trash compactors as a way to go green and save some green. Officials in states including California, Arizona and Pennsylvania say the trash compactors save long-term costs by reducing the number of trash pickups.

  • Public Works Magazine: Garbage Terminators - March 1, 2010

    In just one year the department had cut its weekly collections by more than two-thirds, at an annual operating cost of about $720,000. Performing five weekly collections under the new program requires only nine workers on a single shift; the other workers have been reassigned to trucks that collect household recycling.

  • Mass High Tech: BigBelly brings Colubris vet Fougere on as COO - February 25, 2010

    Barry Fougere, COO, BigBelly Solar Needham, MA – Local networking technology veteran Barry Fougere has moved into the cleantech world, joining Needham’s BigBelly Solar Inc. as chief operating officer, to help move the company into its next level of growth, he said. BigBelly makes a solar-powered trash compactor that it sells primarily to municipalities, universities…

  • Philadelphia CityPaper: The Inscrutable Nutter - December 30, 2009

    “We’ll continue to reduce our energy costs…we’re going to have more BigBellies [BigBelly solar powered trash compactors] on the streets. A big campaign for cleaning up, a big city anti-litter campaign.”

  • Winston-Salem Journal: Sizing Up BigBelly - December 26, 2009

    … The compactors reduce collection routes because they do not need to be emptied as often as regular trash cans. Taylor said he expects the cans to save on compacting costs as well, because they compact trash using solar energy rather than electrical power.

  • YourNabe.com: Six BIDs get solar-powered trash compactors - December 24, 2009

    Big praise for BigBelly It’s no belly flop. BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) around the borough now boast BigBelly solar compactors, which harness the power of the sun to compress refuse and require fewer trips by garbage trucks. The nifty trash and recycle bins will help the city decrease its sanitation truck trips and benefit Bronx…

  • SolarVisionaries.Org: Nice Cans… - December 21, 2009

    What is really impressive about BigBelly is the impact their products are having on municipalities all over the United States. By reducing the amount of trash pickups in densely populated urban locations, BigBelly compactors are actually curbing emissions from the collection vehicles, freeing up traffic flow (ever been stuck behind a garbage truck in the city while they hurl bags in off the sidewalk?) and reducing the amount of innocent civilians exposed to the smell of open garbage trucks stopped in front of them in traffic. It’s a win-win all around.

  • Xconomy.com: City Trash Cans Go Solar & Wireless—to Save Big Bucks on Garbage Trucks - December 9, 2009

    Boston, MA – The only solar-powered trash compactor that most people could name is Wall-E, the fictional lovestruck robot from this summer’s Pixar movie. But in Boston, San Diego, Seattle, and more than a dozen other major cities, you can meet the real thing: the BigBelly Cordless Compaction System, a 200-gallon robotic trash container manufactured…

  • The Triangle Online: Drexel Univ. Increases Recycling on Campus - December 5, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – Drexel University increased its recycling from 21.08 percent to 29.88 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to the 2008 Drexel Recycling Report. “Of course we would like to see it higher, but we have to look at the situation realistically,” Vince Petaccio, a sophomore biomedical engineering major and member of Drexel Green,…

  • Vox Pupoli (GU Blog): Student complaints about vermin drop sharply - December 2, 2009

    Georgetown, DC – This semester, Georgetown students and residents alike complained loudly about rats and mice invading the neighborhood. … On the georgetownforum listserv, a neighborhood complained that the problem had gotten out of hand using some vivid imagery: “We have a never ending supply of monster sized ravenous rats boring through the walls of…

  • Parks & Rec Business: Do You Need A BigBelly? - December 1, 2009

    The math is simple: Reduce the number of times you trek out to empty trash containers, and you automatically reduce the gas, manpower and equipment maintenance it costs to remove the trash. “It is a cost-reduction tool; unlike a conventional trash can, it keeps the trash contained, and can hold five times as much in the same footprint of a traditional can.”

  • American Recycler: Solar Energy Systems - December 1, 2009

    After many years of innovation and investment, modern recycling equipment provides a host of cost-effective, environmentally sustainable ways to turn what was once waste into useful products. In many cases, recycled materials are cost- and quality-competitive with other sources. The same has not been true of solar energy, which has traditionally been seen as a…

  • BU Today: Big-Bellied Trash Eaters Arrive - October 13, 2009

    These guys are solar-powered, and should reduce carbon footprint Boston, MA – When most of us think of a big-bellied trash compactor, it’s usually a brother or uncle who always seems to find space for the last slice of pizza on the table — even if three bites are gone and it’s resting in a…

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer: City gets $14.1 million energy grant - October 9, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – The grant, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the economic stimulus package – is one of hundreds of energy-efficiency “formula grants,” based mostly on population, going to states, counties, cities and tribes. Grants will total $2.7 billion. The grant program sets specific core areas where the money could be…

  • Philly.com: City Gets Stimulus Dollars For Energy Conservation - October 8, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will receive $14,108,700 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and conservation activities. Under the Department of Energy’s Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, Philadelphia will implement programs that lower energy use, reduce carbon pollution, and…

  • GOOD Magazine: The GOOD 100: BigBelly Solar Compactors - October 7, 2009

    Give Cities Smarter Trash Cans When we talk about making cities sustainable, bike lanes and rooftop gardens get mentioned more often than better trash cans. But in our downtowns, sanitation trucks make near-constant trips to collect garbage from unsightly, overflowing containers—adding to pollution and traffic. That’s why we need more BigBelly Solar Compactors. Each BigBelly…

  • Los Angeles Times: Pasadena to add more solar-energy trash cans - October 7, 2009

    Pasadena, CA – Pasadena is about to get more fancy trash cans. The City Council approved a work order late Monday night to place 40 self-compacting solar-energy trash cans throughout the city, in addition to the 12 already on the streets. … The trash bins, which first started appearing on Pasadena street corners in 2007,…

  • Pasadena Star-News: Solar trash cans a success; city will buy 40 more - October 6, 2009

    Pasadena, CA – Trash-collection “hotspots” that require frequent visits by public works crews will soon be outfitted with time-saving trash compactors that derive their energy from the sun. Following a 2007 pilot program in which four solar-powered trash compactors were installed around the city, the City Council has voted unanimously to … purchase 40 more.…

  • University purchases two BigBelly Solar Trash Compactors - October 6, 2009

    Winston-Salem, NC – The university recently invested in two BigBelly Solar Trash Compactors. …  Made in the USA of 80-100% post-consumer recycled plastic and other environmentally-sound material, the first and only solar trash compactor operates entirely off-grid, powered only by visible, in-unit solar panel that operates in all weather, climates, and locations, even without direct…

  • Pasadena Independent: Pasadena Gets 40 New “BigBelly” Solar Trash Cans - October 6, 2009

    Pasadena Approves 40 Additional Solar “BigBelly” Trash Containers Pasadena, CA – In 2007 the city of Pasadena participated in a six-month pilot project — conceived by Leadership Pasadena — to replace public trash receptacles with BigBelly trash receptacles/compactors powered entirely by the sun. In spring 2009 six of the BigBelly solar compactor units were purchased……

  • Ames Tribune: Go, go, sustainable gadgets - October 3, 2009

    Solar trash compactor, vending machine sensors help Iowa State University conserve energy Ames, IA – Buying a soda and taking out the garbage aren’t necessarily universally viewed as “sustainable” activities, but some new gadgets on the ISU campus might change that perception. The new devices have been introduced as part of the Live Green! Initiative…

  • The Georgetown VOICE: Eco-friendly trash cans installed - October 1, 2009

    Washington, DC – Georgetown has installed twenty environmentally-friendly BigBelly solar trash compactors on campus as a part of an ongoing sustainability campaign. Three BigBelly cans premiered at last year’s Green Fair on campus. Karen Frank, VP for Facilities & Student Housing, said that these initial containers “proved workable,” leading to the introduction of twenty more…

  • Southwest Spirit Magazine: This Man (or Some Geek Like Him) Will Save the Planet - October 1, 2009

    Geeks Like Him … other inventive eggheads use different technologies to deal with ecological problems. Meet the designers of your next car. And backpack. And trash can. And… Trash Collector In 2003, Jim Poss designed the BigBelly, a trash can that compacts garbage on-site using solar power. The device compresses trash as passersby throw it…

  • HeraldNet: Everett parks try out garbage gulper - September 14, 2009

    Everett, WA – … A BigBelly is the newest addition to Everett parks: a solar-powered garbage guzzler. Everett parks staff began investigating the combination trash can and compactor as a way to find a few more hours in the day. For the city’s parks workers, taking out the trash is a time sucker. Employees spend…

  • Newsweek.com: Let’s Talk Trash - September 10, 2009

    If you had to devise a product designed to succeed in this unique climate, it might be one that makes an eco-friendly, alternative-energy-powered, carbon-reducing, American-made, public-space-beautifying commodity that saves municipalities money and that can be purchased with stimulus funds. In other words, it might be the BigBelly solar-powered trash compactor. Capital investment and discretionary spending have fallen this year,…

  • Pennsylvania – DCNR Newsletter: “BigBelly” found on the Beach at Gifford Pinchot - September 1, 2009

    Pennsylvania – You may find yourself wanting a “BigBelly” like the one on the beach at Gifford Pinchot State Park. It is their new solar trash receptacle/compactor and recycling bin. The bin has been well received by park visitors, and the issue of strewn trash near the beach and concession stand has decreased substantially. Park Manager,…

  • Harvard University: Recycling in Harvard Yard - August 24, 2009

    … they can hold four times more litter than a non-compacting barrel. Cambridge, MA – Harvard Yard, the organically managed centerpiece of the University, got a little greener with the installation of new recycling containers in the Yard. The receptacles were installed next to five new BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors. Rob Gogan, associate manager for…

  • Los Angeles: LACCD BuildsGreen – New Campaign Asks Students to Waste Not - August 14, 2009

    This fall, the Los Angeles Community College District will kick off its extensive district-wide recycling campaign with a simple message: Make a deposit and save your planet … save your campus … save funds that can be used for other needs by the colleges. The program includes the distribution of 150 new BigBelly solar compactors throughout the District’s nine colleges.

  • Alternative Energy eMagazine: Put the Squeeze on Trash & Recycling Collection Costs - August 4, 2009

    Trash collection is an expensive, time-consuming business – and a necessity for public health and safety. The City of Philadelphia had been making 17 trips each week to empty 700 wire baskets throughout Center City, at an annual cost of about $2.3 million.  After replacing those 700 receptacles with 500 solar-powered compactors and 210 recycling units, the…

  • Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: 20 BigBelly trash cans are coming - August 3, 2009

    Seattle, WA – The Metropolitan Improvement District plans to install 20 new BigBelly solar trash compactors. They will be located along Third Avenue between Stewart and University streets. The compactors are self-powered and use built-in solar panels to generate energy to compact trash. They are about the same size as a standard 35-gallon trash barrel but…

  • The Challenge Series: Green Infrastructure - August 1, 2009

    Vancouver, CANADA – As part of a year-long City of Vancouver pilot project, the SEFC waterfront is equipped with BigBelly Solar Compactors in place of conventional street-side garbage receptacles.

  • MSNBC: Philadelphia likes solar-powered ‘BigBelly’ - July 24, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – 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 —…

  • Hürriyet: BigBelly article in Turkish newspaper - July 24, 2009

    İŞTE SON TEKNOLOJİYLE İMAL EDİLEN O MAKİNE Istanbul, Turkey – Geliştirilen yeni bir konteynır sistemi sayesinde, özellikle İstanbul gibi büyük metropollerin en büyük sorunlarından biri olan çöp sorunu tarihe karışacak gibi görünüyor. … Here’s an excerpt: HERE IS THE MACHINE MANUFACTURED WITH THE ULTIMATETECHNOLOGY It seems like this newly developed container will solve ‘’the garbage…

  • NBC Philadelphia: Greener Trash Cans Come to Philly - July 17, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – In a city known for being rough, tough and at times grungy – a leaner, greener and just plain cleaner trash can hit the streets. We know what you’re thinking — a trash can, who cares? Well the leaner and greener “BigBelly Solar” trash cans crashed the traditional waste management scene starting in May.…

  • Fox 7 News: FOXe Report: Solar Trash Compactors - June 30, 2009

    San Marcos, TX – Head to downtown San Marcos, and you’ll find a trash can with one big appetite. “This is a BigBelly solar compactor,” said Mayor Susan Narvaiz. …Added Parks and Recreation Facilities Director Jimmy Venable: “It’s five times as much trash as you get in one can.” And it’s an appetite fed by…

  • Kitsap News: Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects - June 17, 2009

    Port Orchard, WA – Kitsap County has been awarded $2.29 million in federal stimulus funding for projects that will cut down on energy use. Now, the county commissioners and other officials have to figure out how to spend the money. … To access the money, the county must show it will be used on projects…

  • Greentech Media: BigBelly Solar’s Trash Cans Find a Dealer in Waste Management - June 12, 2009

    BigBelly Solar, which makes solar-powered trash bins, is lining up Waste Management as a North American distributor. … Before the Friday announcement with Waste Management, BigBelly, based in Needham, Mass., had deployed about 2,500 compactors. Its biggest deal was with the city of Philadelphia, which is scheduled to install 500 of them in its downtown…

  • Ethical Investments: Solar-Powered Trash Compactors Cut Costs and Emissions in Philly - June 5, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – Solar-powered trash compactors called BigBellys are being installed along Philadelphia’s sidewalks. The new bins are powered completely by the sun and hold eight times as much waste as a typical city trash can. The city is installing 500 of the compactors by July and 210 of them will include separate recycling bins.…

  • The Oregonian: BigBellies will handle more trash, less emissions - May 21, 2009

    Portland, OR – Ten more solar-powered trash cans are on their way to downtown Portland, thanks to the Portland Business Alliance. BigBelly Solar trashcans compact trash, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and maintenance costs. Greg Goodman of City Center Parking donated the first two trash cans to the city and will donate another eight through the…

  • The Villager: A Salute to Union Square - May 13, 2009

    Surveys, solar bins, Wi-Fi and, but of course, flowers Union Square, NY – Expect a few changes in Union Square in the coming months. The Union Square Partnership, the area’s local business improvement district, or BID, has been busy packing in as many amenities as it can before the start of the summer. The Partnership is…

  • ISpyNYC.com: BLOG: Solar Trash Compactors in Union Square, NYC - May 7, 2009

    Here’s what blogger Marc212 had to say: New York, NY -  I saw something new this morning walking through Union Square that I hadn’t seen before — a solar powered trash compactor! Apparently, they’ve been around for nearly a year but I just noticed yesterday.  The site UnionSquareNYC.org says: “BigBelly’s Greening Union Square – USP…

  • Fast Company Magazine: Fast Cities: Vancouver, British Columbia - May 1, 2009

    Green Games Vancouver, BC – The host of the 2010 Winter Games is going for green, using its big moment as a chance to catalyze change. All 18 buildings in Vancouver’s Olympic Village are being built to LEED Gold standards, except the community center and one residential building, which are targeting LEED Platinum. Heat recovered…

  • Philadelphia Daily News: Hot idea: Solar-powered trash crushers - May 1, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – The city yesterday unveiled one of the new solar-powered trash compactors that they plan to install throughout Center City in the next several months. The city plans to replace 700 wire trash baskets with 500 BigBelly solar compactors between now and July. Philly is also poised to start offering pedestrian recycling for…

  • Philadelphia Inquirer: New city trash bins are smart, green-friendly - May 1, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA -  It’s big. It’s brainy. Officials say it will save money. And it’s solar-powered to boot. … Instead of having to be emptied 19 times a week – like the current wire bins – the BigBellys are expected to hold out for more than a day and require emptying only five times a…

  • BusinessWeek.com: America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs - April 4, 2009

    BigBelly Solar Needham, MA – Jim Poss is cleaning up by cleaning up. His $4 million company’s flagship product, a solar-powered trash compactor that holds around five times as much trash as a traditional trash can, is catching on with municipalities looking to slash budgets. … So far, Poss says he’s sold over 2,000 of…

  • USA Today: Philly budget includes plans for solar trash cans - March 26, 2009

    Philadelphia, PA – Mayor Michael Nutter wants to save Philadelphia money by harnessing the power of the sun. Nutter’s proposed budget says the city can save more than $800,000 by placing dozens of solar-powered trash-compacting cans around the city. Streets Commissioner Clarena Tolson says the cans can hold five times the trash of the wire…

  • TheSomervilleNews.com: New trash cans text message city with status - March 25, 2009

    Somerville, MA – Where are you going to throw that out? In a trash can, right? Now, you can dispose of your refuse in a technology-savvy trash receptor – the BigBelly Solar. BigBelly trash cans made their debut in Somerville in 2007, according to Lesley Hawkins, Public Information Officer. As part of his ongoing efforts…

  • The New York Times: Big-Bellied, Text-Messaging Trash Cans? - March 17, 2009

    Somerville, MA – In the ongoing struggle against climate change, enter the texting trash can. This month, Somerville, Mass., will install text-messaging technology in about 50 public trash cans located in high-pedestrian and far-flung areas. The idea is that the cans, made by BigBelly Solar, will transmit text messages to a central database, notifying haulers…

  • Good Magazine: Somerville’s Trash Cans Are Rad, Getting Radder - March 17, 2009

    Somerville, MA – The city of Somerville, Massachusetts, has 50 of these BigBelly Solar Trash Receptacles. Unlike normal city trash cans, the BigBelly units function as trash compactors themselves. Because trash is compacted where it’s deposited (rather than piling up and spilling out), each BigBelly can hold five times the trash a normal can could,…

  • Fairfax County Public Schools: Solar-Powered Trash Compactors Save Energy - March 9, 2009

    Fairfax, VA – Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is a busy place on the weekends–as well as on weekdays–when school is in session.  The Fairfax County public school’s playgrounds are heavily used, and its fields are frequently used by area soccer teams; by Monday morning, its trash receptacles are usually overflowing.  So…

  • NSA.gov: NSA Goes Green - February 18, 2009

    BigBelly Solar Trash Receptacles Fort Meade, MD – The National Security Agency strives to maintain world-class environmental programs and actively pursues “green” initiatives that protect the environment and health of employees, customers and the local communities. In support of these initiatives, NSA has launched a new “green” initiative with the installation of the BigBelly Solar…

  • Trinity College Installs Ireland’s First Solar-powered Compacting Waste Bins - December 4, 2008

    Dublin, IRELAND – Trinity College Dublin has installed the country’s first BigBelly solar compacting bins on campus. The BigBelly Solar Compactor is a patented compacting waste bin that is completely self-powered.  Instead of requiring an electrical connection, BigBelly uses solar power for 100% of its energy needs.  The unit takes up as much space as…

  • The Battalion Online: A&M Goes Green With Garbage - December 2, 2008

    College Station, TX – Student demand helped motivate the Texas A&M administration to place five solar trash compactors on campus, using green technology to keep the A&M campus cleaner. Unlike standard trashcans, these solar trash compactors, located around the Memorial Student Center, Rudder Tower, Sbisa, the Commons and Evans Library, use only solar energy to…

  • Army.Mil/News: Eat up ‘big bellies’ are good for environment - November 13, 2008

    Fort McPherson, GA – Unlike many people watching their weight, the environmental agency on Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem are opting for “big bellies.” [The] Fort Gillem Environmental Office staff is placing the “BigBelly” solar trash cans on Fort McPherson, said Fred Jordan, environmental protection specialist, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Environmental Office. The BigBelly…

  • Canada.com: Vancouver using solar energy to crunch trash - September 24, 2008

    The city of Vancouver has taken trash compacting to the streets in two pedestrian-heavy neighbourhoods. Vancouver, CANADA – The city of Vancouver has taken trash compacting to the streets in two pedestrian-heavy neighbourhoods. Garbage cans that crunch trash using 100% solar energy were installed this spring in Southeast False Creek and Cambie Village, and the…

  • Vancouver Sun: Vancouver using solar energy to crunch trash - September 24, 2008

    Vancouver, CANADA – Garbage cans that crunch trash using 100% solar energy were installed this spring in Southeast False Creek and Cambie Village, and the BigBelly units have already dramatically cut down on garbage pickup runs…

  • The Desert Sun: BigBelly Compactors Approved By Council - August 1, 2008

    Palm Springs, CA – Solar-powered trash compactors are coming soon to the city of Palm Springs — just don’t try and cram your pizza box inside. Ten BigBelly Solar Compactors were approved for purchase by the Palm Springs City Council on Wednesday. The trash and recycle bins are capable of holding up to 150 gallons…

  • Philadelphia Inquirer: Solar-Powered Trash Units Get Trial Run in Philadelphia - July 11, 2008

    Philadelphia, PA – City leaders cut the ribbon on a new solar-powered trash receptacle yesterday and then, appropriately, threw the ribbon away. The ribbon-cutting in Center City came during the unveiling of the BigBelly, a trash receptacle and compactor that can store four times the volume of ordinary litter baskets and cut fuel use and…

  • The Heights: BigBelly Trash Cans Compact on Campus - April 28, 2008

    Boston, MA – Boston College Facilities Management recently installed three eco-friendly trash compactors on campus. The solar- powered units, each a little larger than a regular trash can, compact the trash placed in them, allowing them to contain more trash and necessitating less frequent collection. The three receptacles are located in the Dustbowl, between Kostka…

  • WasteNews.com: BigBelly Containers Live Up To Name - April 28, 2008

    Needham, MA – With a name like BigBelly, this trash can sounds like it’s meant to be stuffed, and it is. The can is designed to hold about five times the volume of a typical waste receptacle because it’s a trash compactor, but it’s no average crusher – it operates on solar power. The BigBelly…

  • The Desert Sun: City Receives Grants to Enhance Air Quality - April 1, 2008

    Palm Springs, CA – The City of Palm Springs has received a $137,700 grant from the County of Riverside through the Coachella Valley Air Quality Enhancement Trust Fund for several projects to improve air quality. The City will install 20 BigBelly cordless solar-powered trash compactors in high-traffic areas of the Downtown business district. These compactors…

  • The Daily Pennsylvanian: Garbage can ‘BigBelly’ compacts trash with solar power - February 2, 2008

    Philadelphia, PA – Standing lonely on the corner of 36th and Chestnut streets, the ‘BigBelly’ looks like any other trash can – barring the solar panels on its top. The quirky design serves a purpose. BigBelly is the first solar-powered compacting trash can in Philadelphia. And it’s got Wi-Fi. “We’d sometimes have to empty the…

  • Chicago Sun-Times: Putting a crunch on garbage costs… - May 25, 2007

    Chicago, IL – Move over, wide bodies: There’s a new BigBelly on Chicago’s beaches this summer. The BigBelly, a solar-powered garbage bin, periodically crushes the refuse inside. With fewer pickups required, Chicago Park District officials hope the solar panel-equipped containers will reduce trash collection costs and cut garbage truck pollution. Twenty-five of the boxes will…

  • San Antonio City Government: City installs BigBellies at Alamo Plaza - May 1, 2007

    San Antonio, TX – In an effort to take advantage of the benefits of solar technology, the City recently installed two Big Belly solar-powered trash compactors in Alamo Plaza as part of a pilot program to reduce the frequency of collecting waste in the downtown area. The BigBelly trash containers utilize solar energy to compress…

  • BUSINESSWEEK.com: Meet the Solar-Powered Trash Can - April 13, 2007

    Back in 1999, during a walk along Boston’s bustling Charles Street, Jim Poss decided he wanted to help his city resolve a messy problem he had encountered on almost every street corner: overflowing trash cans. At the time, Poss was working for electric-car company Selectria, so he was comfortable with solar technology and motors. He…

  • Harvard Green Campus Initiative: Solar Trash Compactor Conserves Energy - March 1, 2007

    Cambridge, MA – With a loan from the Green Campus Initiative, Harvard Landscape Services installed a solar-powered trash compactor at the south entrance of the Science Center on 3-29-07. The Seahorse Power “BigBelly” unit will prevent the need for up to 10 pickup truck visits to this busy corner of the campus, saving fuel and reducing…

  • Mass High Tech: Tech Hub Talk - December 22, 2006

    Boston, MA – Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently sat down with Mass High Tech editor Douglas Banks and reporter Catherine Williams to discuss the city’s technology infrastructure and the innovation horizon for New England’s capital city. From the controversial Biosafety Lab in the South End to the citywide wi-fi project, the four-term mayor weighs in…

  • BUSINESSWEEK.com: Dreaming of a Green (Tech) Christmas - December 21, 2006

    All year long I’ve looked at business products and strategies that expand the use of renewable energy, make more water available around the world, improve buildings with new designs and materials, recycle almost everything, and increase energy efficiency. Now that green is part of my work life, I’ve created a green technology Christmas list in…

  • TIME Magazine: Bringing Sunshine to Trash… - December 3, 2006

    Jim Poss has a dirty little habit. The alternative-energy entrepreneur is fixated on trash–collecting it, that is. “The U.S. spends more than $45 billion a year to haul away garbage,” Poss explains. “That’s 180,000 diesel-burning trucks on our streets every day.” Plus, those trucks roll, spewing pollution in their wake, whether trash cans are full…

  • INC Magazine: Your Dumpster called. It said to send someone over - November 1, 2006

    Jim Poss likes talking trash: 179,000 refuse trucks rumble down America’s city streets every day, he says, burning a billion gallons of diesel a year. The trucks follow the same route, day in, day out, whether or not there’s trash to collect. Poss’ company, Seahorse Power, aims to change that inefficient system, one trash can…

  • New York Daily Press: BigBelly puts the Squeeze on Garbage - August 14, 2006

    New York, NY – A BigBelly will almost never refuse refuse, and Queens residents are finding out that that’s not double-talk. The solar-powered trash compactor named BigBelly for the volume of garbage it can hold has been deployed at locations around the city for more than a year. The BigBelly that made its debut at…

  • The Boston Globe: Solar-power compactors press the mess in Boston - July 26, 2006

    Boston, MA – They’re boxy and green and, at first glance, don’t even look like garbage cans; as Mayor Thomas M. Menino demonstrated their use yesterday, some people downtown mistook them for mail drops or traffic-light switch boxes. They are Menino’s latest idea for keeping the city litter-free: solar-powered, self-compacting trash receptacles. Delivering a rant…

  • Sustainable Industries Magazine: Four Cleantech Companies to Watch - May 5, 2006

    Ever stop to notice the trash receptacle on a downtown corner? During the morning hours, people toss away their 16-ounce coffee cups. During lunch, it’s half-eaten salads in bulky plastic containers. And by evening, the bin’s belly is overflowing with crumpled receipts and the occasional sports page…. Read the article

  • The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions: Good Green Fun - May 1, 2006

    Take a ski trip to Vail Resorts and you’ll find the BigBelly, a cordless, solar-powered waste compactor. The BigBelly is garnering a lot of attention: Six Flags New England, Universal Orlando, and Sea World have all done trials and liked the concept, and are working with Seahorse Power Company on a model that meets their…

  • The New York Times: In the Belly of the Beast - July 1, 2005

    New York, NY – “…Each BigBelly holds the same amount as six to eight standard trash cans and is fully enclosed to keep litter contained. It carries a number of safety precautions. The compactor cannot operate if either the trash removal door or access panel is open, and a flap keeps hands from reaching into…

  • MSNBC: Big Apple Tests ‘BigBelly’ Trash Can - March 1, 2005

    Aim is for solar-powered compactor to reduce trips by diesel trucks New York, NY – The City is testing a … trash can that is able sense when it is full and automatically compact the garbage that is inside using solar power. … Read the article








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