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

Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by nostromo on Monday March 25, 2013 @05:31PM (#5439832)

How do you reduce collections from 21 times a week to 3 times a week (more than an 80% reduction) for a city the size of Philadelphia and only save 900k?

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Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by dsl on Monday March 25, 2013 @06:06PM (#5440023)

They don't mention it, but I assume collections take a lot longer. My parents used to have a trash compactor in the kitchen, and let me tell you taking out a 90 lb. block of trash once every three weeks was way worse than tossing a 10 lb. bag every other day.

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Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by NegativeK on Monday March 25, 2013 @11:39PM (#5441244)

Sweet stink! How do trash compactors deal with rotting food accumulating for much longer times?

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Re:Solar-Powered Trash Cans Saved Philadelphia Almost a Mill... by jackmoore on Monday March 25, 2013 @11:50PM (#5441290)

I have no personal experience with trash compactors, but it seems like compacted trash would have poor oxygen exchange that would inhibit decomposition.

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