Private company
BigBelly
Trash-compacting bin
Bigbelly is a trash-compacting bin, manufactured by U.S. company Bigbelly for use in public spaces. The bin was designed as a solar powered trash-compacting bin and originally manufactured in Needham, Massachusetts, by Seahorse Power, a company set up in 2003 with the aim of reducing fossil fuel consumption. Due to the bin's commercial success, Seahorse Power changed its name to BigBelly.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitebigbelly.com
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Bigbelly is a trash-compacting bin, manufactured by U.S. company Bigbelly for use in public spaces.2
Links
- Websitebigbelly.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/discover.bigbelly1
- WikipediaBigbelly
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4904855
Sources
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- 1WikidataBigBelly on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBigBelly on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBigBelly photo by Mdkoeck, CC BY-SA 4.0