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In Havana, Garbage Trucks Replaced by Solar-Powered Tricycles (peertube.world)
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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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[–] 11 points 2 months 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

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Not only cool to see this approach to fixing the issue, but also I'm glad to view this report on PeerTube!

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The shit we do to Cuba, it's so fucked up

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The Electric Vehicles community might be interested in this too.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Oh cool solution for the problem catgirl-happy

    "first private garbage collection company" catgirl-disgust

    "We don't charge vulnerable people" catgirl-peace

    What a rollercoaster

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