http://beinnyc.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-most-high-tech-trashcan-youll-never-use/ Rescued Refuge: Turning Trash into a Commodity Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:45:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://beinnyc.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-most-high-tech-trashcan-youll-never-use/#comment-86 Loretta Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:45:56 +0000 http://beinnyc.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-most-high-tech-trashcan-youll-never-use/#comment-86 I know something about trash collection and one thing's for sure, those $100 trash cans don't cost $100. They cost more like $800 to $1000 at time of purchase (ask the City for their costs report). What's more, they cost us more than anyone knows because they're so high maintenance. First of all, they require constant attention since their capacity is limited and litter piles up fast. Expensive teams of trash collection workers make daily journeys on trucks that get 8 mpg, pollute and block traffic - all to empty "fluff". The Big Belly changes that to 1x to 2x per week max - I've seen it first hand. To sum it up: The old fashioned way accomplished a. continued dependency on foreign oil, b. continued proliferation of greenhouse gases, c. annual increases in taxes to pay for the garbage workers who could be on other quality of life detail instead of non-sensical garbage runs, d. traffic congestion. e. Oh yes, those "cheap" city trash cans are a great source of food for rats (yup, we sleep and they feed). Let's think outside the box everybody and stop sealing our fate. Fight global warming and save the planet for our children and grandchildren. I know something about trash collection and one thing’s for sure, those $100 trash cans don’t cost $100. They cost more like $800 to $1000 at time of purchase (ask the City for their costs report). What’s more, they cost us more than anyone knows because they’re so high maintenance. First of all, they require constant attention since their capacity is limited and litter piles up fast. Expensive teams of trash collection workers make daily journeys on trucks that get 8 mpg, pollute and block traffic – all to empty “fluff”. The Big Belly changes that to 1x to 2x per week max – I’ve seen it first hand. To sum it up: The old fashioned way accomplished a. continued dependency on foreign oil, b. continued proliferation of greenhouse gases, c. annual increases in taxes to pay for the garbage workers who could be on other quality of life detail instead of non-sensical garbage runs, d. traffic congestion. e. Oh yes, those “cheap” city trash cans are a great source of food for rats (yup, we sleep and they feed). Let’s think outside the box everybody and stop sealing our fate. Fight global warming and save the planet for our children and grandchildren.

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