Dan Clendenin’s first exposure to the commercial trash compactor business was, shall we say, less than favorable. “I thought it stunk,” Clendenin recalls.

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PATERSON — Alex Soto walked right past one of Paterson’s new $4,700 solar-powered sidewalk trash compactors on 10th Avenue last Thursday afternoon and instead dumped his empty juice bottle in a ...

PATERSON — In city where many people complain about litter-strewn streets, officials on Tuesday celebrated the installation of the first of 90 solar-powered trash receptacles — devices that cost ...