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City of Kissimmee
Dozens of city and county managers from around Florida met at Kissimmee City Hall Thursday to check out the city’s new underground refuse system.
Two underground dumpsters have been installed there and others have been rolled out at The Hamilton at Lakeside Apartments on John Young Parkway.
The company contracted by the city for the program is run by former Osceola County School Board Member Jay Wheeler.
“Our collaboration with the City of Kissimmee is so important because this is where we started, and now, we have a place to show other governments how this works,” he told the News-Gazette last week.
Collecting refuse underground is touted for freeing up space for pedestrians and parking in urban settings. The City of Kissimmee is the first government agency to partner with
Underground Refuse Systems, which is also working on a similar project with the city of Clearwater.
Established in 2015, the company promotes its containers for being environmentally friendly and improving safety for operators along with freeing up city space from garbage cans and receptacles.
