And now for some trashy news.

This week Mr. Rubbish (also known as Greg’s Express) installed several solar-powered BigBelly trash compactors along Fifth Avenue in Park Slope with the assistance, of course, of the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District.

These things sound positively futuristic, like something from a Wallace and Gromit movie.

You can check out one of these new  units on Bergen Street, Union Street, Fourth Street, Ninth Street and 13^th Street, have a built-in compactor run on solar-powered sensors. Apparently, they can hold up to five times more trash than city garbage cans. It is hoped that they will lower the costs associated with trash collection AND the vehicle activity (i.e., fuel costs, wear and tear, carbon emissions).

Hopefully, this will also mean no more overflowing trash cans on Fifth Avenue.