The future of garbage is greener, cleaner, smarter and cheaper to pick up. And it's here, in the form of a trash can the size of a U.S. mailbox, pimped out with a solar-powered compactor that allows it to hold five times as much as a normal can, plus high-tech sensors that let sanitation workers know how full it is. There are 15,000 of these BigBellys deployed around the world, and they've already started to transform the ultimate dirty industry, keeping gas-guzzling trucks off the street while cutting costs for cash-starved communities.
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