New Bedford, MA - South Coast TODAY:
High-tech trash bins help clean up city
November 13, 2007 12:00 AM
NEW BEDFORD — Local officials are going to new lengths to crush the problem of litter and waste in the city.
Mayor Scott Lang announced today that the city has been awarded three solar-powered trash compactors by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Renewable Energy Trust in an effort to get citizens to take personal responsibility for their trash.
"If everyone stepped forward and said they'd be responsible for their own piece of the world, we wouldn't have a litter problem," he said...