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Report: City to get solar-powered trash compactors

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By ABC7
Monday, March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 (CHICAGO)

The Sun-Times reports the Daley administration has signed a contract to get at least 400 solar-powered trash compactors.

The machine senses when trash reaches a certain level and triggers the compactor, which is powered by a solar-powered battery.

The new trash compactors would go in the central business district. Federal stimulus funds are helping pay for them.

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