Dallas, TX - KRLD NewsRadio:
Greener Side Report
August 18, 2009 06:00 AM
There are garbage cans and there are litter trapping, sun powered trash receptacles.
Reporter Barbara Schwarz talks about how:
- The City of Philadelphia is saving $1M a year with their deployment of 500 BigBelly solar compactors.
- BigBelly solar compactors saves 22 gallons of carbon emissions for every 1 gallon of fuel that garbage trucks don't burn -- by eliminating 4 out of 5 collection trips.
BigBelly can be found at the following N. Texas locations:
Fair Park • Water Gardens (Ft. Worth) • Lewisville City Hall