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Raleigh goes green, saves green with high-tech trash cans

Trash cans have gone high-tech in downtown Raleigh, where the city is touting its success with a pilot program for the Big Belly. These solar-powered cans compact waste and recyclables, and send workers an email when they're full.
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Trash cans have gone high-tech in downtown Raleigh, where the city is touting its success with a pilot program for the Big Belly. These solar-powered cans compact waste and recyclables, and send workers an email when they're full.

Reporter : Brian Shrader
Photographer : Greg Clark
Posted 2013-04-01T18:34:55-0400 - Updated 2013-04-01T18:34:55-0400