Photo Friday: Pacific Northwest Trash Can

Solar Trash Compactor in Portland

Here in the Pacific Northwest we like to one-up eachother in our efforts to make the city greener. Portland's definitely got the leading edge when it comes to trash cans!

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  1. Sonja on November 18, 2011 at 11:10 a.m.
     

     Is there enough sun in Portland to power the solar energy? ;)

  2. Debbie on November 18, 2011 at 9:06 p.m.
     

     Apparently they have a battery that stores energy for weeks when there's no sun - though I'd be interested to hear how well it works in practice.

     By compacting the garbage (and communicating how full they are back to a central base) these garbage cans let the city cut down on the number of trips they make to empty the trash. Pretty neat.

     http://www.portlandalliance.com/downt...

  3. Adelyn Lee on November 19, 2011 at 9:21 a.m.
     

     Oh, Portland! I love that city. The views, the people, the trash cans...

  4. robin on November 20, 2011 at 10:58 p.m.
     

     I've always thought these looked like mailboxes. Could be a potential problematic situation for someone like me.

  5. Kim on November 28, 2011 at 12:34 p.m.
     

     You can find these cans in Kirkland. (Surely Seattle's not far behind.) http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives...

  6. Debbie on December 1, 2011 at 2:40 p.m.
     

     Nice! I've never seen them in Seattle, but I'm on the lookout now.