Dive Brief:

• Sugar Land, TX installed two solar-powered waste and recycling bins in the town’s public plaza to help with recycling and sustainability commitments.
• The bins were acquired with city solid waste implementation grant funds.
• The bins can hold five times the volume of standard receptacles. 

Dive Insight:

The benefit of the new bins are two-fold: the city uses fewer plastic liners, which cuts down on spending, while making better use of resources as city workers are alerted via an electronic sensor when the bins reach capacity.

The city of Sugar Land recently expanded its curbside recycling collections to include cartons. Residents can now toss milk, juice and soup cartons into the curbside recycling bins.