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Portland Adopt-A-Belly program

Did you know?

Each public garbage receptacle requires an average of five garbage truck visits per week.
With BigBelly, this could be reduced to only one garbage truck visit each week.
Garbage trucks burn more than one billion gallons of diesel fuel each year in the U.S.
The City of Portland could reduce CO2 emissions by more than 25,000 pounds per year by using BigBelly.

Meet BigBelly®, the world's first and only solar-powered, cordless trash compaction system. BigBelly is an innovative solution to a long-standing urban problem, an environmentally conscious way to manage trash collection. BigBelly loves to eat garbage; he can compact and hold five times the capacity of ordinary trashcans, using only the sun's energy for power, so he gets the job done without so many truck trips (five times less!), and without overflowing trash cans.

Because he can stomach this great quantity of trash, BigBelly can help you cut the frequency of trash collection trips by 80 percent. Imagine the benefits for the environment. Fewer trash collections mean less money spent on truck maintenance and fuel. Less fuel consumption translates into cleaner air.

BigBelly may have a huge appetite for trash, but he is no energy hog. Designed with a solar panel, BigBelly harnesses sunlight and uses it to power his compaction mechanism. Best of all, BigBelly is equipped with a sophisticated energy-management system that allows BigBelly to operate during those weeks in Portland when there is no direct sunlight.

You can help make Portland cleaner and greener by sponsoring your very own BigBelly! The Portland Adopt-A-Belly program is a public-private partnership to purchase BigBelly solar-powered waste compaction devices for placement in central Portland. Your participation in this program is tax deductible!

With your company's generous donation, we can eliminate traditional trash receptacles throughout Portland with solar-powered BigBelly compactors. Imagine cleaner streets, less garbage and garbage trucks, less noise and traffic: adopt a BigBelly and that dream can become a reality in Portland!