ATTLEBORO - Recycling barrels will soon be available in some of the city's parks.

The health department has bought 10 of the receptacles for glass, cans and plastic with the help of a $1,690 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Four barrels will be put at Poncin-Hewitt Field, three at Capron Park and Zoo and one each at the city's three pools.

Solid Waste Administrator Cheryl Perry said the barrels will help the city reduce the amount of trash it pays to dispose of from public rubbish barrels.

She aims to acquire more barrels in the future. "They are needed where people can buy drinks in bottles and cans," she said.

Now, instead of cans and bottles being tossed in the trash, they will be recycled.

Perry said the barrels will be collected and used at large big public events, such as the annual fireworks display on Independence Day.

The city has also bought a solar-powered trash compactor with grant money from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

The money comes from city residents who donate via their electric bills from National Grid. Cash raised that way is matched by the technology collaborative.

The collaborative gives grants for items that help conserve energy.

The solar-powered compactor, which cost $4,245, will hold about 200 gallons of trash and will cut collection trips, Perry said.