At its April 6, 2022 meeting, the City Commission approved a referral to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee to discuss the purchasing of new and modern trash receptacles, and to consider implementing a pilot program.

The sponsoring Commissioner's vision is to adopt some of the receptacle designs featured in some European countries.  Proposed designs include various vase-shaped liners (see Pictures A and C), or a donut-shaped ring holding an exposed trash bag (see Picture B).

Although the receptacles featured below do have some aesthetically pleasing elements, they are not the preferred containers for use in The City of Miami Beach for many reasons.  The Sanitation Division of the Public Works Department has worked at standardizing the City's trash receptacles in favor of a design that can withstand the harsh elements of a coastal environment (see Picture D), and one which consists of a form factor that the waste haulers can easily service.  The proposed receptacles pictured below limit the amount of trash that can be physically contained more than the City's standard receptacles do, and use bags that are not leak-proof (see Pictures A and B).  Most of the trash receptacles within the public right-of-way are serviced by the City's two commercial haulers as part of their in-kind services.  This in-kind service doesn’t include the replacement of receptacle bags, so many of the types of proposed receptacles pictured below would not meet the criteria for the in-kind services.

In addition, the green Victor Stanley receptacles (see Picture D,) that the City uses are very durable, more corrosion resistant and suitable for coastal communities, easier to service, and hold more trash than any of the other receptacles pictured below.  The trash-holding capacity is a very critical element during high impact weekends and during all special events, as the City's volume of trash almost triples during those time periods. 

  Picture D