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Solar-powered trash bins around New Orleans
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:44 pm
Anyone know if these things have helped keep areas clean?
If people are wondering what I'm talked about, it's a outdoor trash can with solar panels on top that power it to compact itself when it starts to fill. It also alerts the city when it's time to be dumped.
My issue with them is they don't have an opening on all four sides like the traditional bins where you can just toss your empty Lafitte's purple drank cup. The solar-powered bins have an actual drawer type door you have to manually open to toss your shifty beads you some how ended up having around your neck.
I found this gem in a Nola.com article...
I don't know what's more crazy, the $800 price tag on the old ones of the $3K for solar panels.
Any other cities you guys visit or live in utilize them?
If people are wondering what I'm talked about, it's a outdoor trash can with solar panels on top that power it to compact itself when it starts to fill. It also alerts the city when it's time to be dumped.
My issue with them is they don't have an opening on all four sides like the traditional bins where you can just toss your empty Lafitte's purple drank cup. The solar-powered bins have an actual drawer type door you have to manually open to toss your shifty beads you some how ended up having around your neck.
I found this gem in a Nola.com article...
quote:
Each unit costs $2,999, compared to $800 for the current iron trash cans, and has a lifespan of 10 years, said Cynthia Sylvain-Lear, director of the Department of Sanitation.
I don't know what's more crazy, the $800 price tag on the old ones of the $3K for solar panels.
Any other cities you guys visit or live in utilize them?
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Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:45 pm to SuperSaint
1 more thing I don't like touching in NOLA. I usually just sit my hand grenades on top of the solar panel.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:46 pm to SuperSaint
$800 for a trash can? Seems legit.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:47 pm to biglego
LSU is installing these all over campus too but they actually have crews that respond quickly to them.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:47 pm to SuperSaint
quote:my boy, u white
Lafitte's purple drank cup.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:48 pm to Scooba
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1 more thing I don't like touching in NOLA. I usually just sit my hand grenades on top of the solar panel.
Sorta my line of thinking? I imagine many people don't feel like opening the trash bin drawer for a variety of reasons and you end up with the same shite laying all around the bin just like an over loaded old-school iron trash can
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:49 pm to SuperSaint
$800 for an iron trash can? Someone should be executed for that.
I get the value in the $3000 version. Even though it's insanely high, it could easily recoup the cost in lower litter amounts over ten years.
I get the value in the $3000 version. Even though it's insanely high, it could easily recoup the cost in lower litter amounts over ten years.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:51 pm to SuperSaint
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The trash cans use energy from solar panels to compact garbage when the bins get too full, reducing overflow and the frequency with which they need to be emptied. They include software that alerts the city as to when each unit is empty, nearly full, or full.
how the city employees will deal with the alerts
This post was edited on 3/30/16 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 3:53 pm to SuperSaint
If people throw trash in the street rather than the can, it's pointless.
A solar powered can that alerts the city when full is exactly what NOLA needs to be spending $ on. Nothing else is wrong with the city, nothing at all.
A solar powered can that alerts the city when full is exactly what NOLA needs to be spending $ on. Nothing else is wrong with the city, nothing at all.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 4:00 pm to meauxjeaux2
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Lafitte's purple drank cup.
my boy, u white
Yeah 90+% of the customers @ Lafitte's is also white... And your point hommie??
It's their specialty daiquiri with Everclear in it.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 4:09 pm to TheHiddenFlask
What ever happened to govt goes with the lowest bidder? I will toss out those iron trash cans for $300 a make a killing.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 4:35 pm to The Mick
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A solar powered can that alerts the city when full is exactly what NOLA needs to be spending $ on. Nothing else is wrong with the city, nothing at all.
It's a lovely idea in a city where the cops are too short handed to respond to 911 calls
Posted on 3/30/16 at 4:52 pm to SuperSaint
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Anyone know if these things have helped keep areas clean?
Doesn't matter when you have citizens like I witnessed yesterday, who while walking towards the entrance to Winn Dixie, takes the cigarette out of his mouth and flicks it 6 feet towards the cigarette trash thingy that he could have deviated 2 feet from his path to properly dispose the cigarette in.
And we wonder why LA is LA.
This post was edited on 3/30/16 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 4:54 pm to SuperSaint
I've seen them when walking around at lunch.....have never seen anyone actually put something in one though.
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