The design of a solar-powered trash compactor for city streets used several plastic-molding issues to make it practical. The original compactor made by BigBelly Solar in Needham, Mass., worked well ...

DENVER, Colo. – A Denver man is lucky to be alive after a horrifying trash compactor accident over the weekend. “It’s unimaginable what it must have been like for him,” said a friend of the victim.

The National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like ...

Jose Humareda holds his non-working right arm which was severly damaged while caught in a trash compactor. Matthew McDermott A Manhattan building porter whose hand was crushed and nearly severed in a ...

A new trash compactor was put to use Monday at Eddy County’s Sandpoint Landfill after the county agreed to pay $728,000 to purchase the equipment in response to increased need. Eddy County’s Board of ...

Montgomery County’s potential $1.7M purchase would help keep lines moving for public dumpers, official says. Montgomery County commissioners are on the verge of purchasing a mammoth $1.7 million trash ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A puppy was rescued from a trash compactor at a Daytona Beach apartment complex over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Officer Brandon Arroyo of the FWC and his wife, Heather, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A dog was found in ...

Worcester requires people put their trash in the yellow trash bags that the vending machine and other local retailers sell. If people don’t use the bags, garbage collection workers won’t pick up their ...