No more overflowing trash cans and loose garbage. These compactors make trash day easier than ever.

Downtown boasts solar powered, smart trash compactors Don't call them trash cans, these waste disposers are so much more.

The dual recycling containers and solar-powered trash compactors, made by BigBelly Solar, cost $7,000 each to manufacture and install.

The specialized trash containers - called BigBelly Solar Compactors - can hold up to five times more trash than regular containers, according to the manufacturer, BigBelly Solar.

The cans aren’t cheap; one Big Belly solar compactor trash can costs $3,812. A recycling unit’s $901. As for those dreaded handles, Stober said, they’re cleaned four times a year and sometimes for ...

With traditional trash cans or recycling bins, the grounds crew responsible for picking up trash must regularly check bins to see if they are full, said Jessica Berry, sustainability program manager.

The trash compactors will significantly reduce the frequency of trash collection, reduce overflows of litter, and secure trash containers. An old style trash can is seen in the background.

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 ...

Because these are compactors, the garbage was crushed to make room for five times the amount of trash that wire-mesh cans could hold, so these would not have to be emptied as often.

Compactors are coming to downtown Knoxville, but as the city works out logistics, a new waste service is stepping in to ...