Source: Everything Long Beach
After being approved by the City Council last December, Long Beach’s first solar trash cans debuted at an installation ceremony on Wednesday. Three solar trash cans – installed in Downtown Long Beach, Belmont Shore and Bixby Knolls – are part of a pilot project that will last six months. “I am pleased our City, the Downtown Long Beach Associates and the distributor WAXIE have partnered to bring these bins to our City,” said 2nd District Councilmember Suja Lowenthal. “These solar trash bins are an innovative and sustainable approach to collecting trash and increasing recycling in the Downtown.” The solar-powered bins are both a trash compactor and collection unit which squeezes refuse to just 20 percent of its normal volume. The containers, which have the same blueprint as regular trash cans but can compact about 150 gallons of trash into a 32-gallon bin, are expected to reduce costs by requiring fewer trash collections and maintenance. The bins come side-by-side with recycling units to collect bottle, can and paper for recycling.
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