By Andrew Liszewski
In a move that is expected to save the city almost $12.9 million over the next 10 years, Philadelphia is installing 500 BigBelly trash compacting garbage cans over the next couple of months. While conventional trash cans need to be emptied 19 times a week, the BigBelly receptacles can accept 4 to 8 times as much garbage since it’s being compacted, which means they only need to be emptied about 5 times a week. So instead of the 33 workers that are usually needed to empty trash bins, the city now only needs just 8. And when they’re full, the BigBellys will automatically phone the Philadelphia Streets Department HQ letting them know they’re ready to be emptied.
[ BigBelly Solid Waste Management System ] VIA [ Inhabitat ]
I give it a week before morons put stickers on the solar paneling, steal it, blow it up, or (god forbid) put something living in it.
Hooray, Philadelphia, for eliminating jobs during a recession!!!
unions are gona kill that trash cans in the 1st day
unions are gona kill that trash cans in the 1st day