The “Internet of Things” is a vision of a fully connected world integrating phones, toasters, and fridges to the internet. Now, even a trash bin gets the IoT treatment with the TetraBIN smart trash ...

WEBVTT SHANNON: IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU DON'T THINK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE TRASH CANS YOU USE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. BUT, NEXT TIME YOU THROW AWAY A COFFEE CUP OR RECYCLE A POP CAN IN ...

A new solar powered trash compacter sits on Main Street in Forest Grove June 9, 2015. The compacter replaced a trash can that consistently got filled too quickly and needed emptying multiple times a ...

If you haven’t already noticed the BigBelly Solar compactors, it is time to become familiar with them because they will soon be everywhere on campus. About 100 of these solar powered compactors and ...

The University of Houston is using a new system to reduce its carbon footprint. Its new solar-powered trash cans not only compress waste, they also send a signal when they need to be emptied. Eighty ...

Westmeath County Council will trial the use of an advanced smart waste bin equipped with solar panels in five locations before considering them for other locations.

The data revolution is coming—and it’s coming to even the least glamorous, smelliest civic necessity: the streetside garbage bin. A handful of cities around the globe have deployed “smart” trash bins, ...