Latest version of 30-watt solar-powered trash crusher, found in several cities, fits in better. And future versions are set to get remote communications. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

City of Napa residents may have noticed the bulky pairs of solar-powered, high-tech trash cans that showed up around the city, and especially downtown, roughly six months ago. They’re known as ...

Ecube's filed its patent infringement against Bigbelly (system pictured above) several months after Bigbelly filed patent infringement complaints against ECube and EconX. Seoul, South Korea-based ...

A Bigbelly trash can with a missing handle at Jones and Ellis streets is surrounded by garbage on July 30, 2025. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. Update: After this story published, the city announced it ...

Needham’s Bigbelly has moved the production of its solar-powered public trash cans to a new factory in Methuen, reversing its decision to offshore its manufacturing just five years ago. Bigbelly ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Taoglas®, a leading enabler of digital transformation through IoT, and Bigbelly, the world leader in smart waste and recycling, are today ...

Sometimes trying to “work smarter, not harder” accomplishes neither. Spokane has removed its downtown garbage cans and will be replacing them throughout March in a bid to spend less money on a ...

Editor’s note: While letters to the editor and open letters are generally published on Sundays, we made an exception for this one because it concerns an item on the consent agenda of the July 17 ...