Chattanooga, TN - WDEF Channel 12 News:
Solar Powered Trash Compacting Can
November 1, 2008 12:30 PM
Chattanooga, TN - With such a big crowd at the Head of the Hooch comes a big mess, but a new solar powered trash compactor helps keep the city clean.
Green Spaces of Chattanooga donated what's called "A Big Belly" trash compactor to the city.
It's the first in the state of Tennessee.
The compactor runs on a battery charged with solar power.
It compresses the trash when it gets to a certain level.
Distributor Jeff Recker says, "The true benefit of the big belly is it needs emptying less often than your standard can. If you look at a can like that over there that's 50-gallon can. Well, you could fit about 4 full cans of that size in the big belly due to it's ability to compact trash."
He says the machines save tax money by reducing pick up labor and fuel costs.