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Jul 31, 2006

"No matter how dark the night, somehow the sun rises once again and all shadows are chased away." --David Matthew

Solar Powered Trash Cans

It's boxy and green but it's one of 50 solar-powered trash cans installed on the sidewalks of Boston. Equipped with trash compactors, the new receptacles can now hold a lot more trash and are much easier to manage. "Developed by a Jamaica Plain inventor, they are powered by photoelectric panels, which supply power to motor-driven compactors inside. Workers extract neat, 40-pound trash bricks instead of trying to manhandle the messy contents of an overflowing can."