Attachment 3
(From February 10, 2022 Memorandum from Public Works)
Bigbelly Trash and Recycling Units
(Content provided and Marissa Garren, Management Analyst I) The following information is provided in follow up to the January 26, 2022, City Council meeting regarding the amendment to the current agreement with Bigbelly Solar, LLC for the addition of 10 dual-stream trash and recycling units. Funding for these additional units were already approved as part of the City’s fiscal year 2021- 22 operating budget. Below provides staff time savings for the current and new Bigbelly units.
Quick Facts:
The additional ten Bigbelly units are anticipated to replace 14 existing cans (pictured to the right).
Bigbelly units allow for less pickup frequency due to higher capacity and solar-powered self-compaction.
Previous cans included only small top compartment for recycling, bottom was for regular trash; Bigbelly provides larger compartment for recycling allowing for easier and more hygienic disposal.
The additional ten (10) units will be located in the downtown and Brentwood area. Service frequency by Public Works
Maintenance staff will reduce by half or will be solely SSF Scavenger, depending on installation location.
The self-closing design of the Bigbelly trash cans prevents litter from blowing out onto the street. In addition, the compacting feature allows the cans to be operational over weekends without overflowing or requiring service.
Staff time savings:
The current 10 Bigbelly units have saved Public Works Maintenance staff 6 hours per week/24 hours per month/288 hours per year to focus on other maintenance efforts throughout South San Francisco. Since these cans are located along Grand Avenue, which is the current service route in the City’s franchise agreement, SSF Scavenger now services these cans twice per week, instead of city staff.
For the proposed additional ten Bigbelly units, four are to replace existing cans on Grand Avenue, four to replace existing cans on Linden Avenue, and the last two to replace four existing cans in Brentwood. Since the current cans on Grand Avenue are serviced twice per week by Public Works and three times per week by SSF Scavenger, service will transition solely to SSF Scavenger since Attachment 3
Grand Avenue is already part of their current service route in the City’s franchise agreement.
Staff’s time savings for these cans would be approximately 2 hours per week/8 hours per month/96 hours per year. The cans on Linden Avenue are currently serviced by Public Works staff five times per week and will reduce to half with the new Bigbelly units. Staff time savings will be approximately 2.5 hours per week/10 hours per month/120 hours per year. Lastly, two Bigbelly cans will replace four existing cans in the Brentwood area. The existing bins are currently serviced twice per week by Public Works staff. The new Bigbelly units will require service only by SSF Scavenger. This will provide staff time savings of two hours per week/8 hours per month/96 hours per year. Staff time savings with the addition of ten Bigbelly units will be approximately 6.5 hours per week / 26 hours per month / 312 hours per year, which will be applied to other areas of maintenance, such as graffiti abatement, illegal dumping removal, curb, and crosswalk painting, etc.
The total estimated staff time saved from the installation of these Bigbelly trash cans is a minimum of 600 hours, the equivalent of a full-time maintenance worker for three months. The calculated cost of these staff and equipment savings is roughly $60,000; the equivalent annual lease-operation cost of all twenty Bigbelly cans.
Staff plans to bring this item back to council for approval, tentatively scheduled for the February 23, 2022 regular council meeting. If you have any questions or would like any further information provided prior to the meeting, please contact Marissa Garren at (650) 877-8549 / [email protected].