SOLAR BIG BELLY HITS PASADENA STREETS

Pasadena to add more solar-energy trash cans; The City Council has approved 40 BigBelly self-compacting bins, in addition to the 12 already on the streets. The move will save the city more than $61,000 a year, an official says
Nicole Santa Cruz, October 7, 2009 (LA Times)

"Pasadena is about to get more fancy trash cans.

"The City Council approved… 40 [more] self-compacting solar-energy trash cans throughout the city, in addition to the 12 already on the streets.

"The city is joining Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Boston and Philadelphia in using the trash cans, called BigBelly Solar Compactors…"

From BigBellySolar via YouTube

"The 40 receptacles will cost $146,550.

"The [BigBelly] trash bins…can compact 200 gallons of trash into one 60-gallon "neat" bag…[Pasadena] will save $61,400 annually in reduced labor and fuel because of the trash cans.

"The areas around City Hall and the intersection of South Lake Avenue and East California Boulevard are among the 40 planned installation sites for the trash bins…"