"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tossing out trash before the bag is completely full is a waste. It may seem like you can’t stuff anything ...

A new trash-compacting invention has garnered raves from resort owners, quizzical looks from city dwellers and the cold shoulder from big waste-management companies. BigBelly, a somewhat insatiable ...

New York City and trash have a long history. Branching out in their waste management solutions, the city is trying a new trash can that uses solar power to detect when it is full and automatically ...

April 1, 2008 Able to compact gallons of rubbish with a single gulp, the BigBelly solar trash compactor cuts public garbage collection emissions by up to 80 percent and operates for an entire day on ...

Photo: BigBelly Solar Compactor. Photo courtesy of BigBelly. As local governments seek any and every way to save money during this economic recession, Pasadena, Calif., found that spending extra money ...

“Garbage can” might be too crude a term for BigBelly, a solar-powered trash receptacle from Sea Horse Power Co., Needham, Mass., that compacts waste. It holds four times more trash than other waste ...