WHO OWNS SMART TRASH INSTALL

| PHOTO: STEVEN BRACCO/HOODLINEįor the unacquainted, San Francisco has 18 community benefit districts, or CBDs, each of which levies an assessment on property owners in their neighborhood to fund quality-of-life improvements like cleanliness, greenery, and business development.

The Castro was one of the first neighborhoods to get Bigbelly cans. Four more are expected to be installed in the Excelsior before the end of the year, according to Fix-It Team deputy director Ian Schneider. The latest to get them are the Lower Polk and East Cut community benefit districts (CBDs), which each installed five new Bigbellies this month.Ģ5 cans have been installed this year, through a second round of funding allocated through the city's Fix-It Team in late 2018. But one by one, the city's community benefit districts (CBDs) have lined up behind the trash cans, which suggests they may be worth the expense. The cans, which are impervious to being rummaged through or toppled over, were intended to help eliminate garbage can scavenging, and the unsightly litter and clogged drains it causes.īigbellies are pricey, with a cost of $3,000/year to lease each one.

WHO OWNS SMART TRASH INSTALL

A year and a half ago, in May 2018, then-Mayor Mark Farrell set aside funding to install 20 Bigbelly trash receptacles in the Castro, Tenderloin, Civic Center, and Central Market neighborhoods.

Who owns smart trash