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WCURoverD90 · 10-04-2006, 09:41 AM

Solar-Powered Trash Cans Work When Crews Don't

POSTED: 10:13 am EDT October 4, 2006

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A trash can costing $4,500 may sound like a lot, even if it is solar powered.

But officials in Santa Cruz insist they're not throwing the taxpayers' money away.

The BigBelly trash can is able to put the squeeze on garbage. It compacts trash to one-tenth of its size, allowing the receptacle hold more pizza boxes and coffee cups.

Officials said the mailbox-sized BigBelly earns its keep on weekends when city crews are off duty.

Santa Cruz plans to buy four BigBellies to keep the downtown area a little cleaner.

4500 bucks per trash can...Theres our typical government spending....

pickuprover · 10-04-2006, 12:11 PM

Well maybe it could be used to store all the "greenies".....

salty · 10-04-2006, 07:26 PM

I beg to differ, the units need emptying 10 times less often and are intended to message central dispatch when they are full. For sure it costs money to empty them and reducing this overhead by a factor of 10 on busy locations probably pays for it's self quite quickly.

bernardmann · 10-04-2006, 07:30 PM

Not bad...I say SC uses them to dispose of and compact a few of those hundreds of tree huggers I ran into while there a couple years ago.

1969 · 10-04-2006, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by salty

I beg to differ, the units need emptying 10 times less often and are intended to message central dispatch when they are full. For sure it costs money to empty them and reducing this overhead by a factor of 10 on busy locations probably pays for it's self quite quickly.

I hope they charge the people ten times less in their monthly bill!

10-04-2006, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
WCURoverD90 RIP Trooper Shawn Blanton Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lake Wylie, SC Posts: 6,764 Gallery: 10	Def. Not Lr Related But A Waste Of Money Solar-Powered Trash Cans Work When Crews Don't POSTED: 10:13 am EDT October 4, 2006 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A trash can costing $4,500 may sound like a lot, even if it is solar powered. But officials in Santa Cruz insist they're not throwing the taxpayers' money away. The BigBelly trash can is able to put the squeeze on garbage. It compacts trash to one-tenth of its size, allowing the receptacle hold more pizza boxes and coffee cups. Officials said the mailbox-sized BigBelly earns its keep on weekends when city crews are off duty. Santa Cruz plans to buy four BigBellies to keep the downtown area a little cleaner. 4500 bucks per trash can...Theres our typical government spending.... __________________ "All those that believe in Telekinesis, Raise my hand' "If I wanted a Hummer, I would call your girlfriend" Rovers 97 Defender 90 Soft Top 2005 LR3 HSE 1956 Series 1 107 Tow Truck

10-04-2006, 12:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
pickuprover Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,364 Gallery: 0	Well maybe it could be used to store all the "greenies"..... __________________ Andrew Barr. 1972 Series III 109. "the Tin Turtle" "However, that was his ploy and I caved....totally caved... LOL!" Jellijo

10-04-2006, 07:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
salty Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 145 Gallery: 0	I beg to differ, the units need emptying 10 times less often and are intended to message central dispatch when they are full. For sure it costs money to empty them and reducing this overhead by a factor of 10 on busy locations probably pays for it's self quite quickly. __________________ Jim

10-04-2006, 07:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
bernardmann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 621 Gallery: 0	Not bad...I say SC uses them to dispose of and compact a few of those hundreds of tree huggers I ran into while there a couple years ago. __________________ Bernard Mann 2004 Disco G4 (Sold to Josh Lester) 2005 Mercedes C230 2003 Disco S (Sold)

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