A day at the solar-powered zoo

It’s a beautiful day in Phoenix. The sky is blue and the temperature is pleasantly in the high 60s.

So we took the kids to the zoo and it was just gorgeous. But, the zoo is the zoo.

This post is just to show a picture of the solar-powered garbage cans.

Edit: 11-30-2008: Here’s more information on this particular device, the BigBelly Solar trash compaction system, there’s also an amusing video. I have to say, I’m somewhat skeptical, but if it works…