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In Havana, Garbage Trucks Replaced by Solar-Powered Tricycles (peertube.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/34684111

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[a video on Peertube about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

Havana has a garbage problem. El Rampeño has a solar-powered solution.

Meet the Cuban initiative using renewable energy to collect garbage with tricycles in the face of fuel shortages caused by the U.S. oil blockade

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[–] ShaperSyris@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 hours ago

This is amazing. And it reminds me of another "Solinera" project that opened up elsewhere in Havana as a place for people to go and charge portable batteries and other electronics

https://apnews.com/article/cuba-solar-power-charging-station-panels-santa-clara-solinera-0dc6f6ea3fcc3edb37a4e045425e26f0