{"id":2414,"date":"2015-06-18T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T12:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2015-11-19T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T12:03:09","slug":"leed-platinum-hotel-installs-solar-powered-trash-compactor-and-cardboard-baler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/06\/leed-platinum-hotel-installs-solar-powered-trash-compactor-and-cardboard-baler\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury hotel installs solar trash compactor and cardboard baler"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2415\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2415\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trashcompactor.jpg\" alt=\"Bardessono Hotel's new solar powered trash compactor and baler\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trashcompactor.jpg 800w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trashcompactor-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trashcompactor-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bardessono Property Management Team with Their New Solar Compactor and Baler (PRNewsFoto\/Bay Area Trash Compactor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>California&#8217;s Bardessono hotel and Spa has installed a\u00a0first-of-its-kind combination solar powered trash compactor and portable cardboard baler at its LEED Platinum Certified\u00a0property\u00a0in the Napa Valley.\u00a0\u00a0Completely off the grid, the <a href=\"https:\/\/batc-compacts.com\/Solar_Compactors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">solar powered compactor<\/a> packs 16 yards of loose trash into just 4 yards, reducing waste pick-up at the property to just once per week, thus reducing\u00a0hauling costs by 50%, cutting CO2 emissions by over 14 tons each year, and limiting garbage truck noise to guests and neighbouring residents.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In Brief&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The solar cardboard baler fits into a small space, yet crushes 150-200 boxes into an easy-to-handle 200lb bale making recycling simple and efficient.<\/li>\n<li>Built by local company Bay Area Trash Compactor, the solar compactor\u00a0is the first of its kind to provide waste handling and recycling side-by-side with no wired electrical hook-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In Depth&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/06\/02\/ca-bay-area-trash-idUSnPn2c2CSK+87+PRN20150602\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a> here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bardessonohotel\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Bardessono Hotel<\/a> on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Read Green Hotelier&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenhotelier.org\/our-themes\/waste-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">guide to waste management for hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In the Future&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bardessono&#8217;s new solar powered trash compactor and portable cardboard baler packs 16 yards of rubbish into just 4 yards, reducing collections to once a week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,258],"tags":[114,162],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leading 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