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World’s Only Solar-Powered Compaction System Designed in SolidWorks
March 31, 2008 01:25 PM
Concord, MA - Eating its way to the forefront of the “green” movement, the BigBelly® trash bin designed in SolidWorks® 3D CAD software is the world’s first and only on-site solar-powered trash compactor. BigBelly is used in busy places around the world like shopping districts, food courts, and entertainment venues, or in remote places such as parks and beaches.
Standing at 50 inches tall and weighing 300 pounds, BigBelly uses only the sun’s energy to compact and store five times the amount of garbage as receptacles of the same size. The machine uses up to 1, 250 pounds of force to compact trash periodically until it is full. Municipalities and city parks that formerly emptied garbage cans twice a day can now empty BigBelly once a week, reducing fuel costs and carbon emissions from garbage truck trips. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., the BigBelly Solar company standardized on SolidWorks software to optimize the unit’s design and accelerate development to meet customer demand.