tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post6257289301625050142..comments2024-03-01T05:27:46.837-05:00Comments on the sunsphere is NOT a wigshop : voted the BEST blog about knoxville: It's green but... why?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-26557305639274540392017-02-15T09:23:36.996-05:002017-02-15T09:23:36.996-05:00coolcoolRick Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511651687550435222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-15543105682519075852009-11-10T20:55:04.538-05:002009-11-10T20:55:04.538-05:00It also reduces city expenses by requiring less ci...It also reduces city expenses by requiring less city (tax-payer funded) workers to empty the cans regularly. Not only green, but good for our pocket books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-89207833808774788672009-11-10T20:54:01.083-05:002009-11-10T20:54:01.083-05:00It also reduces city expenses by requiring less ci...It also reduces city expenses by requiring less city (tax-payer funded) workers to empty the cans regularly. Not only green, but good for our pocket books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-49852481701736264982009-11-05T20:17:15.502-05:002009-11-05T20:17:15.502-05:00Plus it obliquely helps publicize that Knoxville i...Plus it obliquely helps publicize that Knoxville is an America Solar Cities grant recipient...which would make a fascinating blog post since there's so much going on with regard to that project...Wax S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-13854533660155093422009-11-05T11:26:08.495-05:002009-11-05T11:26:08.495-05:00It's "green" because it holds more t...It's "green" because it holds more trash. This means that it has to be emptied less often, which in turn means that a oil-chugging garbage truck spends less time driving through the city and idling at the curb.<br /><br />Fewer trash pickups = less oil burned by garbage trucks.<br /><br />It is, however, only effective if the use of these compactors is more widespread than just a couple on Market Square.ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927821428104642754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-69068245653902682262009-11-05T11:25:21.675-05:002009-11-05T11:25:21.675-05:00Maybe since it is a compactor, it can hold double,...Maybe since it is a compactor, it can hold double, triple what a normal can would, taking up less space in landfills, and having to be emptied less often which equals cost-efficiency by the city on several levels. Or maybe they just thot it looked cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-45330474354767406532009-11-05T10:16:54.746-05:002009-11-05T10:16:54.746-05:00It's a solar powered COMPACTOR. Sheesh, Pol, g...It's a solar powered COMPACTOR. Sheesh, Pol, get it straight.The Modern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663558561522180816noreply@blogger.com