A high-tech, solar-powered trash compactor used in national parks, on college campuses and in cities coast-to-coast, made its Cleveland debut this week on a bustling street corner.

Fremont police spokesperson Geneva Bosques said Tuesday the 44-year-old man was sleeping inside a large trash bin behind a restaurant when a trash truck collected it and used the compactor.

FORT WORTH - A 41-year-old man has died of injuries received when the garbage bin in which he was sleeping was emptied into a trash compactor in Fort Worth.

A 41-year-old man has died of injuries received when the garbage bin in which he was sleeping was emptied into a trash compactor in Fort Worth. Fort Worth police say the man apparently was seeking ...

A homeless man has survived being caught in a rubbish compactor in a bin lorry - TWICE. The 44-year-old was reportedly sleeping rough in a rubbish bin on Monday when it was emptied into a truck.

S.F. man dozes in trash bin, wakes up in truck with compactor running By Veronica Rocha July 23, 2014 1:05 PM PT ...

A man who fell asleep in a bin has survived being put through a rubbish truck's compactor cycle. Mendes Perez, of Oregon, was accidentally picked up by rubbish collectors along with a load of ...

Fingal County Council is prepared to take a fresh look at installing solar-powered compactor bins in the Howth and Malahide districts two years after it had ruled the move out.

FORT WORTH - A 41-year-old man has died of injuries received when the garbage bin in which he was sleeping was emptied into a trash compactor in Fort Worth.