At first I was skeptical, but after reading the BigBelly website, this is a pretty cool use of combined solar, trash compacting, IT, and Cloud technologies. I wonder how much they'll have to pay the mob to let these be installed and how much of the savings will evaporate after the payoffs. Also, with the outrageous level of thefts of bronze civic plaques and copper pipe all over the nation, how soon before these things are the target of brazen thieves?
The better question, though, is that if it’s such a good idea, how come they don’t use their own money to pay for it?