This buzzy 1970s kitchen appliance promised to shrink a week of household waste into one bag. Here's why it was everywhere, ...

The design of a solar-powered trash compactor for city streets used several plastic-molding issues to make it practical. The original compactor made by BigBelly Solar in Needham, Mass., worked well ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. In the summer months, Chicagoans flock ...

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 ...

Trash might not be ecofriendly, but two big local groups say they've found a way to ease its environmental effects. Clark County's waste management contractor, Republic Services, partnered with the ...

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 a ...

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