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New Trash Containers Built to Impress on Larchmont

Students from Larchmont Charter School join CD4 Councilmember Tom LaBonge, representatives from BigBelly Solar, H+R PR's Heather Boylston and CD4 Chief of Staff Carolyn Ramsey to roll out the new waste and recycling containers on Larchmont Boulevard. (Photo credit: Rebecca Hutchinson)
Students from Larchmont Charter School join CD4 Councilmember Tom LaBonge, representatives from BigBelly Solar, H+R PR’s Heather Boylston and CD4 Chief of Staff Carolyn Ramsay to roll out the new waste and recycling containers on Larchmont Boulevard. (Photo credit: Rebecca Hutchinson)

Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Larchmont Village Business Improvement District President Tom Kneafsey, and representatives from BigBelly Solar Waste and Recycling shared the first of what will be 15 new trash containers for Larchmont Boulevard with locals on Wednesday morning.

The installation on Larchmont is a part of a pilot project for the City of LA. Of course, these aren’t just any trash containers. Powered by solar panels, the trash and recycling cans feature compactors which will dramatically increase the amount of trash each container can hold, in some cases holding as much as five times the amount of trash as their predecessors.

Representatives from BigBelly Solar told the Larchmont Charter School students about how the founders of BigBelly came up with the company name. BigBelly is actually named after a seahorse found off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand that can swell its belly up to 5 times its normal size to accommodate more food. Quite a motivating image for these young recyclers!

New BigBelly Solar Waste and Recycling System containers present a challenge...convince people to put the recyclables in the right place so that they don't put them in the trash - which goes to landfills.
The new BigBelly Solar Waste and Recycling System presents a challenge…convince people to put recyclables in the right place; not in the trash – which goes to landfills.

So don’t be afraid to try these units out. For the first time we have an environmentally friendly trash solution on Larchmont Boulevard, thanks to the Larchmont BID and Councilmember Tom LaBonge.

 

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Mary has lived in the Hancock Park area for over 20 years - including homes in Larchmont Village and Windsor Square. Mary has lived in some great places in her life - but none compare to the convenience and majesty of our neighborhood. For Mary, the neighborhood has been a wonderful home to her large, extended family...at one time she had family members living on seven different Hancock Park area blocks! Larchmont Buzz is a labor of love - built to celebrate the neighborhood and to elevate the conversation in the area.

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