Top
image credit: SullivanGardner / Flickr

Underground Waste Collection Coming to Downtown Raleigh, N.C.

May 29, 2019

Via: Waste360

A new initiative coming to downtown Raleigh, N.C., aims to keep sidewalks clean and save space, time and money. Raleigh’s oldest streets were built without alleys, and the trash and recycling carts lining their sidewalks have long been an issue for pedestrians. According to the city, the containers smell, restrict access and were identified as the top concern in a 2018 downtown cleanliness survey.

Transportation began installing an underground waste collection system at the corner of Wilmington and Hargett streets on May 28. The pilot project includes six new, high-capacity containers from Molok North America to collect trash, mixed recycling and cardboard.

Read More on Waste360