{"id":414073,"date":"2015-11-02T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=414073"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:30:06","slug":"high-tech-trash-containers-installed-in-downtown-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=414073","title":{"rendered":"High Tech Trash Containers Installed in Downtown Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/11\/Big-Belly-trash-receptacles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/11\/Big-Belly-trash-receptacles-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Big Belly trash receptacles\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-414086\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The city of Tyler has installed three Big Belly trash receptacles downtown to test if they will help make trash pickup more efficient, according to a news release from the city.  Officials say the new receptacles are solar-powered, high tech trash compacting containers that will communicate with Tyler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Solid Waste Department and notify them when the container needs to be emptied. This will allow for containers to be emptied before they become overflowing. It will also eliminate a trip to empty a container that is not full. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Using sensors, solar power and wireless communications, the containers will be monitored by Tyler Solid Waste. Information on how full the container is, how many times it is emptied, and other operational data will be transmitted to the Solid Waste office via email.<\/p>\n<p>City Manager Ed Broussard said that the three containers will be a pilot to determine if the city should replace all the traditional open top trash containers with the new compactors. The three compactors are installed along the south side of the square on East Erwin Street near Gallery Main Street, near Liberty Hall, and at the east end of the block near Don Juan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the Square. Officials say if these prove to be popular and efficient, Tyler will see more put into service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The city of Tyler has installed three Big Belly trash receptacles downtown to test if they will help make trash pickup more efficient, according to a news release from the city. Officials say the new receptacles are solar-powered, high tech trash compacting containers that will communicate with Tyler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Solid Waste Department and notify &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=414073\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">High Tech Trash Containers Installed in Downtown Tyler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":414086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 16:00:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=414073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414087,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414073\/revisions\/414087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/414086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=414073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=414073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}