Security for NATO Summit crushes Big Belly Solar Trash Bins

Solar trash cans yanked for NATO meeting - chicagotribune.com: "Expensive, state-of-the-art solar-powered garbage receptacles are being pulled from around downtown Chicago before next month’s NATO summit in favor of old-fashioned wire trash cans that police can more easily check for anything dangerous.

The BigBelly garbage and recycling barrels with trash compactors were touted by then-Mayor Richard Daley's administration as a way to save costs on pick-ups and potentially generate ad revenue while fitting with the former mayor’s oft-spoken commitment to environmental issues."

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