Since then, Toste said the receptacles had become more user-friendly and fixtures in several communities across the country.įollowing the 5-year lease agreement, the city will decide whether or not to proceed with the cans on a more permanent basis. introduced the Talking Trash bin in Vasteras, Sweden. The city looked into similar trash and recycling technology about 10 years ago but ultimately ruled against it.
“Park Operations needs to find a way to offset the increase in sanitation collection and the inability to hire staff or contractors,” the memo stated. In 2020, the Park Operations Department experienced a 56% increase in trash collection throughout the city’s parks, trails and greenways, according to a Council memo. “The recycling cans we have right now in the parks, we get quite a bit of cross contamination in them.” “We will probably keep them together just because we really are trying to push recycling,” Toste said. Toste said the city will likely keep the trash and recycling units side by side as opposed to in separate areas.
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The city anticipates receiving all 20 of its new smart trash and recycling receptacles by December and will install them at Dawson Park, the Civic Center, Quail Campus Recreation Center, Collyer Park, Flanders Park and other locations. “Right now, what field technicians have to do is … drive to different locations to see if the cans (are) full and then empty (them) if needed.” “It will allow us to do more targeted collection,” Toste said in a separate interview.
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