Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Million Bucks Last Year

Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by stonemetal on Monday March 25, 2013 @03:59PM (#5439331)

trash collectors had to clear out each can three times a day. Now they do so three times a week.

Or you know they could have been smart about it, if the can wasn't full several collections in a row cut the pick up rate for that particular can. It starts being full/overloaded up the collection rate. Unless they are trying to say that this trash compactor is so good that it delivers 60x(3 times a day * 7 days a week * 3 weeks) space efficiency which doesn't seem likely. Maybe the new cans are larger?

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Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by Falling3 on Monday March 25, 2013 @04:13PM (#5439425)

That would be 7x space efficiency. It was 3 times a week - not every 3 weeks.

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Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by stonemetal on Thursday March 28, 2013 @03:40PM (#5457152)

Thanks miss read that bit. 7x sounds more doable by a compactor.

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