Eating its way to the forefront of the green movement, the BigBelly trash bin is the world’s first and only on-site solar-powered trash compactor. BigBelly is used in busy places around the world like ...

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 ...

Epax Systems Inc., Panorama City, California, has released the Ropax Roto-Compactor to compact recyclables and waste at the point of generation. Using a rotating drum with metal teeth, the machine ...

Salt Lake’s waste management system has got a slight boost with two garbage-shrinking mobile compactor machines being deployed. The machines are compressing trash by sucking out water and reducing its ...