Olympic View Transfer Station staff work to clear accumulated garbage at the facility in Bremerton on Monday. A broken trash compactor has prevented garbage from being compacted and packed into ...

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Tossing out trash before the bag is completely full is a waste. It may seem like you can’t stuff anything else in, and you probably can’t—but with a trash compactor you can. Whether you opt for a ...

Over spring break, the Department of Facilities Management updated how people on campus can get rid of their trash, installing 60 new BigBelly solar compactors across campus, said Grounds ...

Solar-powered trash compactors arrived at local beaches and marinas last month as part of a pilot program aimed at reducing litter and making trash collection more efficient. Although the compactors ...

In the summer months, Chicagoans flock to the city's beautiful Lake Michigan waterfront. Given the kinds of winters they have to put up with, you can understand why. But one of the drawbacks to a day ...

A Sheepshead Bay legislator insists that high-tech, solar-powered trash compactors will solve the neighborhood’s litter problem — and claims he’ll pay to have them installed — even though the city ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. New compactors have popped up on campus and begun chomping down on UGA's trash and ...

MOVE OVER, OSCAR the Grouch, your “Sesame Street” trash can is history. “Big Belly” is coming to Queens. Fifty high-tech, solar-powered trash compactors will soon appear on curbs throughout the ...

A broken trash compactor at Kitsap County's Olympic View Transfer Station has halted trash collection around the county and left the station brimming with mounds of garbage it's struggling to get out ...