Bigbelly Blog: Beyond the Bin

Mobile World Congress, Los Angeles: at the GSMA 2019 Mobile World Congress Los Angeles, GSMA Innovation City showcased a worldwide community of innovative Mobile Connectivity technologies.  The leading-edge neighborhood of telecom partners each highlighted their unique mobile & IoT innovations: "solutions which benefit from a combination of the 5G era family of mobile networks." Bigbelly collaborated with mobile communication partner Telit to demonstrate the power of mobile communication in a Smart Waste ecosystem.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW FROM THE SHOW!  Telit’s Northeast Director of Sales Mike Nagle shows off Bigbelly Solar’s IoT waste solution at MWC19

NEEDHAM, MA — December 12, 2019 — Bigbelly Solar, the global leader in smart waste solutions for public spaces, announced today that it has partnered with McCarthy Capital to recapitalize the Company and provide further cash investment to accelerate growth. McCarthy Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in Omaha, NE, manages more than $1 billion of investment capital across its portfolio of companies and specializes in growing businesses in partnership with management teams.

Västerås, Sweden - Ever wonder what a Bigbelly is thinking? How "smart" are these street-side Smart Waste monsters? Now Sweden can talk some serious trash with a Bigbelly right in their neighborhood! Feed a Bigbelly its favorite lunch, and it'll share a fun fact about Sustainability.

As published in Bristol Live on May 6, 2019: 

A number of high-tech super bins have been installed on College Green for the Bank Holiday weekend. The bins - from the company Bigbelly - not only compact the rubbish inside to make room for more but also send an email alert to Bristol Waste when they need emptying.

We are thrilled have Bigbelly's global smart waste management solutions represented at the 10th annual Green Cities 2019 event in Málaga, Spain this week! Our international partner, Future Street Ltd, is representing Bigbelly at this great event. The Green Cities event focuses on Urban Sustainability as a unique professional forum, highly specialized in energy efficiency in buildings and urban spaces.

A council drive to keep Hartlepool clean and tidy has received a boost with the installation of nine new hi-tech “Bigbelly” bins. 

Working in partnership with Hartlepool Borough Council, housing provider Thirteen has provided funding for six bins at Owton Manor in the Manor House Ward and another three in the King Oswy area which is part of the De Bruce Ward. A leading councillor said the new bins show the council is always looking for 'innovative ways of delivering services more effectively to help keep the town as clean and tidy as possible and it reflects the council’s recently-launched Love Hartlepool campaign'.

Cast off the MS Stena Danica, a ferry operated by Stena Line between Gothenburg, Sweden and Fredrikshavn, Denmark. This vessel from one of the largest ferry operators in the world, Stena Line, which offers numerous routes across Europe. Passengers and crew on this ferry will now find Bigbelly's smart waste system on deck while sailing in the North Sea, each solar-powered waste compactors soaking up the plentiful sun. Bigbelly International Distribution Partner for Sweden and Denmark, EWF Eco, has worked closely with the ferry line to deliver custom branded high capacity solar-powered units on the deck of the MS Stena Danica.

Join Bigbelly and our Indian Distributor, Masstrans, at the Waste Technology Expo in Bengaluru, India this week!

This Expo coincides with the International Conference on Innovations in Municipal Solid Waste Management - an annual event with a guiding principal of providing effective waste management systems, providing cost effective solutions and assisting industries and government agencies in implementing technologies to reduce the public health impacts due to improper solid waste management.

[New] high-tech bins designed to crush rubbish and notify the council when they need emptying have been installed along Deal seafront. Dover District Council (DDC) has [deployed] the larger capacity waste containers as part of work to keep the town and beaches clean and tidy.