"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tossing out trash before the bag is completely full is a waste. It may seem like you can’t stuff anything ...

Being green isn’t always easy, particularly for a city with limited resources to spend on environmental programs. But Santa Clarita, Calif., has found an affordable way to help reduce its carbon ...

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 ...

There's no getting around it: Busy kitchens generate a lot of trash and overflowing, smelly garbage bags can give even the most beautiful of kitchens a black eye. At the same time, it's time-consuming ...

The Municipality of Florence, in central Italy, has deployed several solar-powered, self-compacting garbage cans in the city center in recent weeks. The city government wants to replace almost all ...

An abandoned puppy found whimpering inside a self-compacting trash can in Gardena was rescued by a police officer, who ended ...

You see them on the streets all over downtown Chicago--“Bigbelly” compacting garbage cans. On their face, they are almost an impossibly simple idea: solar-powered trash cans which smash the trash, ...