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SOLAR POWERED

Smart Waste

Bins Arrive in

Canada Bay

"We have beenrecognised at a state

and national level forour commitment andinnovation towards

sustainability and thisis another example."

MAYOR ANGELO TSIREKAS, CITY OF CANADA BAY

16 Waste + Water Management Australia | February 2016

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City of Canada

Bay deploys afleet of Bigbelly

Solar Bins

The City of Canada Bay in Sydney's

inner-west is taking an innovative lead

on waste and recycling, installing a

fleet of solar powered waste and recycling

bins across the city which can hold up to five

times the amount of waste of a conventional120L wheelie bin.

The Bigbelly bins, provided by Solar Bins

Australia, use the sun's energy to power a

compactor that compresses waste when it is

disposed of, reducing the potential for bins to

overflow and the need for collection trips.

The Bigbelly bins also use cloud

technology to alert Council staff when they

are full to reduce inspection requirements.

By saving service trips, they are estimated to

reduce greenhouse emissions related to bin

servicing costs by up to 80 per cent.

The Bigbelly compactors have been

installed in six locations across the City,

including the seating area near the entrance

to Strathfield Station, at high foot traffic

areas along Great North Road in Five Dock

and along Henley Marine Drive.

City of Canada Bay Mayor Angelo Tsirekas

said the trial of the Bigbelly bins was another

innovation introduced by Council that

showed it was leading the way in terms of

the environment.

"We have been recognised at a state

and national level for our commitment and

innovation towards sustainability and this is

another example," he said.

"The Bigbelly waste stations were installed

in January to take advantage of the holiday

period with people out and about. This

month, we are installing the first of our

recycling stations which will be at Livvi's

Place, Five Dock, as part of our first public

place recycling trial in the City."

"I look forward to seeing the benefits of the

Keep Our Bay Beautiful Litter campaign in

the future," he added.Mayor Tsirekas said that in the first month

of installation, collection trips had reduced

significantly from up to seven days a week in

certain locations down to twice a week.

The City of Canada Bay will continue to

monitor the progress of the Bigbelly pilot

program and hoped to see the results

maintained over the trial period.

The Bigbelly bins have been used around

the world in New York, Boston and London as

well as closer to home in areas like Nambucca

Shire, Scenic World in the Blue Mountains and

Wet 'N' Wild Sydney in New South Wales.

The bins were deployed and will

be monitored by Solar Bins Australia,

Australias leading smart waste provider.

National Operations Manager of Solar

Bins Australia, Silke Stolze stated Wehave been working closely with the City

of Canada Bays team over the festive

season and have already seen significant

reductions in collection requirements.

Bigbelly stations around the world work

to reduce the costs of collection, whilst

providing an avenue to improve other

community services.

We aim to work closely with City of

Canada Bay to ensure a positive impact on

the community, Ms Stolze added.

A proactive approach to littermanagementThe City of Canada Bay prides itself on clean

parks and streets. With 38km of foreshore

along the northern boundary and canals and

stormwater outlets throughout, litter often

finds its way onto the shores from within the

catchment, detracting from the amenity of

the area.To combat this, Council has an active

litter management service that services

approximately 400 bins throughout the City

and also includes litter collection teams who

conduct litter picks in the City's parks and

retail precincts. Council has implemented

a number very successful proactive litter

management programs, including a Bin Your

Buttsproject at Rhodes and Concord, and

the Stop Litter in the Bay project which ran

along the Bayrun and at Cabarita Park.

As part of its proactive approach to litter

and waste management, the City of Canada

Bay is always looking for innovative ideas

which assist with efficiencies - sourcing

any new and innovative ideas that may help

reduce costs and assist in reducing litter.

After coming across the Bigbelly stations,

Council decided to trial several units to

test whether introducing bins with greater

capacity would provide efficiencies in staff

resourcing due to a reduction in collections.

Not surprisingly, the fact that the bins are

solar-powered was an additional 'win-win'

for the Council, which is also committed to

installing solar across the City.

About the

City of Canada Bay

Bounded by the Parramatta River in thenorth and east, the Municipality of Ashfield,the Burwood and Strathfield Council areas

in the south and the Auburn Council in thewest, the City of Canada Bay is located in the

inner-western suburbs of Sydney, about 6-12kilometres from the Sydney GPO.

The City of Canada Bay is a predominately

residential area, but also has some commercialand industrial areas. The City encompasses atotal area of 20 square kilometres, including

many parks, reserves and foreshores.

ABOVE: (L-R) Solar Bins Australia National Operations

Manager, Silke Stolze; City of Canada Bay SustainableProjects Officer, Nicole Thompson; City of Canada Bay

Mayor, Angelo Tsirekas and City of Canada Bay TeamLeader Street Cleaning, Michael Scarpellino with two of

the City's new Bigbelly solar compactor bins.

BELOW: At 3 of the 4 locations with Bigbelly solarcompactor bins, Council's litter bin collections have

reduced from 5 per week down to 1 collection a week.

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Greenhouse Gas emissions) it has also Council

to utilise some of the field staff in other areas.

Building on the success of the Bigbelly

litter bins, the City of Canada Bay alsoinstalled the first of its Bigbelly recycling

stations at the Livvi's Place playground and

recreation reserve in Five Dock. The new

unit forms the centrepiece of the City's

public place recycling trial, and will be used

to measure participation and contamination

rates in the collected recyclables.

Not surprisingly, the implementation of the

bins has created a lot of community interest,

with members of the public talking to Council

staff about the technology - particularly the

solar powered compaction aspect. In fact,interest in the new bins is such, that they're

now being used as a 'frontline tool' in

community waste and recycling education.

Council has now installed colourful and

informative decals on the bins which explain

how the bins work whilst also educating the

community about the waste and recycling

message.

The City of Canada Bay's 12-month trial

will evaluate all aspects of the Bigbelly

solar compactor bins, including: value for

money, reduced operational costs and

operational efficiency. It will also take into

account feedback from cleansing staff and

the community, as well as litter levels in the

vicinity of each of the new bins.

About Solar Bins Australia

Solar Bins Australia is Australias leading

provider of smart waste and recycling

management solutions with more than 50

customers across all states of Australia. As

the exclusive partner to Bigbelly, Inc their

systems help customer beautify their publicspace and reduce operational costs by 70-80

percent.

For further information, please visit:

www.solarbins.com.au

Trial delivers outstanding results

Importantly, even though the Bigbelly solarbin trial has only been underway for a

relatively short time, these innovative bins

are already delivering outstanding results,

with a significant reduction in the number

of collections required. Indeed, at 3 of the 4

locations with Bigbelly solar compactor bins,

Council's litter bin collections have reduced

from 5 per week down to 1 collection a

week.

In short, by providing a significant

increase in capacity, the Bigbelly solar

compactor bins are not only helping toreduce the litter problems that inevitably

result from overfull litter bins in public

spaces, they are also delivering a significant

increase in service efficiency.

By reducing the collection frequency by

as much as 400%, the Bigbelly bins have

not only delivered a significant reduction

in vehicle usage (which has resulted in

fuel savings and a reduction in associated

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AboutBigbelly

Bigbelly, Inc. is the world-leadingprovider of smart waste & recycling

management solutions with more than,500 customers in 47 countries. Solarpowered, the Bigbelly Smart Waste

& Recycling System combines cloudcomputing with smart compacting

waste and recyclingstations.

The new bins feature colourful and attractive graphics

which explain how the bins work whilst also educating

the community about the waste and recycling message.

18 Waste + Water Management Australia | February 2016

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