CITIBINS expands reach to combat curbside trash across Brooklyn
The CITIBINS, currently operating in seven parks and eight business improvement districts, provides an enclosed space for trash bags to sit under lock and key once they have been filled and removed from a trash can.
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Sunset Park-based storage company CITIBINS is looking to make trash left out on the curb a thing of the past in the borough, as it rethinks how trash is stored prior to a DSNY pickup.
The CITIBINS, currently operating in seven parks and eight business improvement districts, provides an enclosed space for trash bags to sit under lock and key once they have been filled and removed from a trash can.
The boxes are made from aluminum and built to weather the elements and prevent smells or leaks from trash bags left sitting out. It also cuts off access for rodents.
"Prior to CITIBINS, these bags would just pile up on a corner waiting for DSNY. Now, they are going into these rodent-proof containers. It really adds to the aesthetic of the district," said COO Frank Picarazzi.
Picarazzi says business improvement districts have been buying into the vision, with the FAB Fulton BID already having one to service multiple restaurants in the area, with more on the way.
But the biggest expansion could happen outside of parks or BIDS, as Picarazzi says 150 new bins are already shipped into their hub in Industry City, with many bound for residential units, looking to help containerize trash as part of a city mandate.
Picarazzi tells News 12 the next park set to receive CITIBINS is Herbert Von King Park in BedStuy.
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