Last week, in another green efficiency iniative, the Central BID deployed new trash cans throughout the district. The new Big Belly Solar Compactors work like mini garbage trucks, gobbling up litter and then compacting it for greater storage capacity. This translates into less maintenance work and cleaner streets. Plus, the Big Bellies are solar-powered, so there are no extra energy costs associated with disposal.
The Big Belly cans were posted at bus stops throughout the Route 5 corridor, where trash is most abundant. Regular compaction means no more overflowing cans. It also means trash can go longer between pick-ups, and that saves fuel and labor costs. The compacted trash also takes up less space in the landfill, and since the cans run on solar power, it's clean and green.
The Big Belly cans were purchased with money from a NYSERDA grant, through a partnership with CDTA and have already been two weeks on the street with no mess and no pick-up. "They're already paying for themselves," Anthony Capece, Executive for the BID explained at a recent committee meeting about the district.
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