Solar powered trash receptacles with built-in compactors are able to hold five times the amount of waste as traditional trash cans used by municipalities.
Big Belly Solar provides solid waste and recycling receptacles that reduce the number of trips made by municipal and/or private waste haulers that are needed to empty the receptacles by 80%.
An integrated solar panel located on the top of each Big Belly trash generates 100% of the power needed to operate the internal compactor, creating a completely self-contained system for reducing waste pile-up. The 80% savings provide a multiplier effect by saving fuel, labor, capital and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by making fewer trips.