I tested six smart trash cans over the course of a few weeks and analyzed them based on scent containment, design and more to ...

The City of Raleigh has seen a major reduction in costs for trash collection since they’ve begun placing smart garbage cans – referred to as “Big Belly cans” – throughout the City’s downtown area. The ...

Every once in a while, a technological innovation so advanced comes along that we, as a society, might as well just take a break from trying to invent anything else for a few years. It’s like, what’s ...

Whether you’re working full-time from home or just prefer having your own office space in the house, a home office can be a hotbed of creativity and productivity. And in the interests of creativity ...

Before the first plastic water bottle or paper napkin gets tossed into a smart garbage can, brimming with artificial intelligence, it needs some data. Raleigh, N.C., is exploring the use of smart ...

These trash bins located at Canton and Ervay streets were photographed on June 11, 2025. They are part of a pilot program to assess whether smart trash bins can make city sanitation more efficient.

WESTFIELD — Department of Public Works Acting Director Francis Cain recently visited Westfield Middle School with a pair of the new “smart“ Bigbelly compacting trash and recycling cans that will soon ...