ECOLIFT™ is an innovative system for the collection and underground storage of municipal solid waste. Underground waste storage systems Opening of the underground waste storage system
It's nice that every day our life is getting better and more fun. The phone is already able to replace huge computers, the robot rover takes pictures of itself on Mars, and tickets to space will soon be sold to everyone. And nothing happened to the garbage for a long time. Remember what street tanks look like in your yard? If in Moscow the situation with this is even more or less decent, then in the regions one cannot approach a garbage container without a gas mask. Containers darken the life of the districts in every possible way - they smell bad, sometimes catch fire, homeless people dig there, rats breed, and the wind spreads garbage throughout the district. What to do? Waste containers should not be! Today we will talk about underground garbage storages. Let's see what it is.
01. Garbage cans in my beloved Omsk look like this. I don't think this picture will surprise anyone. Everyone is used to the fact that every yard has a disgusting place that exudes a stench throughout the area. 
02. What to do with it? All garbage cans must be removed underground. There should be no disgusting dirty containers! There are several types of underground waste collection systems. This one is the simplest. Ordinary tanks on the lift go down, and only the garbage receptacle remains on top, like a conventional garbage chute. 
When a car arrives, the containers are lifted and emptied. It looks something like this:
03. From above, everything is clean and tidy. 
04. Nothing smells, nothing flows along the roads and does not rot in the sun. 
05. There are different types of receivers, for example for glass, paper or household waste. 
06. This is how the containers look in the complex. 
07. So they rise. 
08. The next system is harder, but better. Here the receiver and the tank are a single unit. The advantages are obvious - the system is completely sealed. It is serviced faster - no need to push the tanks, nothing falls out. And most importantly - it is many times more capacious than one tank. Depending on the size, such an underground tank can be up to 5 times larger than a conventional container. And this means that you can take out the garbage less often. 
The container can be large - the garbage is automatically pressed there.
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10. Access to the tanks can be made by cards so that only the residents of the house can use them. This is necessary in cases where garbage collection is paid and residents do not want to pay extra. 
11. But the coolest thing is the regional vacuum garbage chute! 
12. The horizontal system works on the principle of pneumatic mail. Garbage can be pressed in tanks and fly away to storage. All waste bins in the area can be connected to such a system. The beauty. Garbage automatically goes to the distribution point, from where it is taken to landfills. Also, existing garbage chutes in houses can be connected to this system. The vacuum system requires serious investments - about 500 million rubles for 10,000 apartments, but pays off in 30 years, since hundreds of garbage cans do not need to be serviced daily. 
13. The latest trash fashion is solar-powered trash cans! They compact the garbage and do not consume electricity at all. 
14. How do we pay for garbage collection now? Shared by all apartments. Access to the tank can be by cards. You can connect a billing system to the tank and then each resident of the house will pay only for what he threw away! The system can even weigh trash and rate it! This is the garbage future! 
The advantages of underground storage facilities are obvious: they take up little space, they do not spoil the view of the street, they are easier to maintain, they do not smell, they do not attract homeless people and animals. The cost of such a system is from 400,000 rubles per tank. Approximately so much the Moscow authorities spend a year on maintenance of asphalt in one yard. Garbage cans should decorate the yard! 
Installation of buried containers for collecting garbage. Ural56.Ru found out the pros and cons of new devices for the city.
The buried container is a tank with a bag inside. Two-thirds of it is dug into the ground, and a small part with a lid remains on the surface. Such a container can have a capacity of up to 5 cubic meters (about 7 standard ground tanks). A special machine with a loading device takes out a sealed bag made of dense “fabric” from it and pours its contents into the body.
Benefits of buried containers
Containers in Orenburg, 19.10.2015
Manufacturers note such positive aspects of buried containers as:
- saving space in yards (most of it is hidden underground, and the above-ground part takes up less space than a few conventional tanks);
- large volume of containers;
- maintaining a constant temperature regime due to being underground (according to their data, garbage does not freeze in winter and does not deteriorate in summer).
However, the fact that the temperature in them is always positive, our interlocutor, a resident of the regional center denied. For example, he cited a situation where, after burning such a tank and, accordingly, extinguishing it in winter, a block of ice turned out to be in the bag.
Minuses
Buried containers in Orenburg, 2018
To install such containers, certain conditions are required, so they cannot appear anywhere. At a minimum, in order to dig a sufficiently large tank into the ground, the site must be free from all communications, including pipelines and cables.
Buying such containers is quite an expensive pleasure. They are several times more expensive than conventional tanks.
In addition, special vehicles are needed to remove garbage from them. There are no such people in Orsk yet. And the situation with garbage collection, which is taking shape in the city today, causes concern - now the operator cannot even cope with the removal of waste from ordinary containers if he has cars. Will there be even more problems with the advent of new tanks, and will the responsible organization have the necessary equipment?
Bulky trash
Container platform near house No. 1a on Lenina Avenue in Orsk, 03/25/2019
And of course, we must not forget about large-sized garbage. It is impossible to put large waste into a buried container, and the hatch for dumping garbage is not very large. Orchans are accustomed to putting everything that can fit into above-ground tanks. Here the townspeople will have to retrain.
AT Orenburg collection of bulky waste is organized at special sites, near buried containers. Where there are no designated places, garbage is piled right next to their above-ground parts. How this will be organized in Orsk, no one says yet.
1.1. Purpose and features of buried waste containers
Garbage buried containers are designed for collecting and accumulating household waste in public places: car refueling stations, city squares, park areas and places of recreation for a large number of people.
Recessed waste bins require little space, look modern and do not spoil the landscape, organically fit into architectural complexes, and are very aesthetic. The buried garbage container is mounted permanently in a pre-built base at a selected site. The removable garbage container is cleaned as it is filled with garbage trucks equipped with hydraulic manipulators.
The replaceable container is pulled out by the manipulator from the underground part together with the garbage and emptied into the loading hole of the garbage truck body. The above-ground part of the buried type container can be designed in any style, which makes it possible to harmoniously fit the waste disposal shaft into the city landscape and have an anti-vandal design. The mine for throwing garbage can have a small height, which is very convenient for children, people with disabilities.
1.2. Manufacturers of waste containers
The largest manufacturers of metal waste bins from Russia and Europe are presented in this catalog. This is. Most foreign companies have their representative offices in Russia or companies representing their interests. For each manufacturer, the address, company name, phone number, website, main specialization and manufactured equipment are indicated. On the portal www.site there is a list of manufacturers of special equipment included in the catalog of metal trash cans:
1.3. Sale of new and used garbage containers
1.4. Hire of buried containers
1.6. Price of buried containers
The site portal presents prices for various models of in-ground waste containers, which are indicated in the price lists of domestic and foreign manufacturers. The price of buried containers mainly determines their quality. The price lists for the in-ground waste bins for sale are a documentary representation of their market price. The price level allows you to reasonably make decisions about the purchase of the required model. Many buyers are interested in the prices of not only new, but also used garbage containers. Prices for bu dumpsters of buried type are placed in the "Board of announcements" or "Photo-ads" section.
1.7. Photo of buried containers
The catalog contains photos of in-ground waste containers with different volumes, lid options, having different overall dimensions and architectural solutions.
1.8. Technical characteristics of in-ground waste containers
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The main technical characteristics of in-ground waste containers from the world's leading manufacturers are presented in the summary table. Photographs, detailed specifications and a link to the manufacturer of the equipment are published for each model of the in-ground waste bin.
| Trademark (brand) of the manufacturer / Model of equipment (index) |
Type of buried container |
Buried container capacity, m3 |
| Otto SUWS 5 |
in-ground waste containers |
4,9 |
| SILO Biosilo-Citybin |
0,6 |
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| SILO-Citybin 1 |
buried containers |
1,2 |
| SILO-Citybin 3 |
buried containers |
3 |
| SILO-Citybin 5 |
buried containers |
5 |
| Babylon K-5 |
in-ground waste bins |
5 |
| Dubrovitsy MUSK0NT 3 |
3 |
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| Dubrovitsy MUSKONT 5 |
in-ground waste bins |
5 |
| Zilstroymash KP (series) |
in-ground waste bins |
3-5 |
List of models of buried containers
The catalog of in-ground waste containers contains a complete list of models of Russian and foreign manufacturers. Detailed specifications are published for each model of the in-ground waste bin, the country and the manufacturer are indicated, as well as a photograph of the product.
In the "Ideas for the City" section, The Village talks about useful, convenient and simply unusual projects that are invented and implemented in different cities of the world with one goal - to make people's lives better. This issue will focus on the underground waste collection system, which was introduced back in the 90s by the Finnish engineer Veikko Sally.
launch
The first underground waste container system was implemented by the Finnish company Molok Oy. An unusual solution for the collection of municipal solid waste was proposed by the founder of the company, Veikko Sally.
Experimental buried containers began to be installed in various Finnish cities in the 90s. Citizens liked the possibility of underground waste collection and storage, because it had a number of advantages over conventional garbage containers and, importantly, made the city landscape more beautiful.
Promotion
Initially, two-thirds of the elongated garbage containers were underground. This unusual design made it possible to store large volumes of garbage, made it possible to empty the trash cans less often, improved hygiene conditions and allowed more rational use of the territory.
Modern underground waste collection and storage systems look somewhat different: garbage containers are lowered into the mine on a special elevator, and only garbage bins remain on the surface, which operate on the principle of a conventional garbage chute.
The more expensive underground waste storage system is an improved version of the original technology. Here, the waste bin and the container are a single whole, thanks to which it is possible to achieve complete tightness, and system maintenance takes less time (no need to push and adjust the tanks). Plus, depending on the size, these bins can hold up to five times more trash than the traditional trash cans we see every day in our yards.
The most perfect system is the regional vacuum garbage chute, which works on the principle of pneumatic mail. Garbage is compacted in ordinary bins, then flies to a distribution point, after which it is taken straight to landfills. Garbage chutes of all houses in the district can be connected to such systems.
Result
The system created by Veikko Sally has a number of benefits:
Garbage removal is paid separately, so access to the underground waste collection system is sometimes available only with cards, this relevant for the private sector, which often has its own trash cans. In this case, only “authorized residents” can use the garbage chute.
To avoid “mutual responsibility”, a billing system is being introduced: each tenant pays only for what he threw out. In addition, the garbage bin can be equipped with scales and scanners for accurate weighing and garbage recognition.
Every day, tons of garbage accumulate in megacities, small towns and other settlements. Street garbage containers and bins located near institutions and residential buildings quickly overflow. They exude an unpleasant odor and spoil the view of the landscape, attract rodents and insects, becoming sources of dangerous diseases. What solutions exist today? A breakthrough in waste disposal technology was the underground waste collection system developed by Villiger from Switzerland.
How is garbage stored and collected in underground containers?
The Swiss company Villiger presented a conceptual solution for waste disposal. These are underground containers that are hermetically connected to waste bins located on the surface. Waste containers are lowered into and out of the shaft using a hydraulic lift. When they are full, they are removed using the TER control panel of the SPA series, loaded onto a garbage truck and taken to a waste disposal point.
Underground container systems are airtight, take up little space and hold 5-7 times more waste than traditional trash cans. Above-ground waste bins organically fit into the urban landscape, do not exude stench, and there is no falling debris around them. Tanks do not need to be opened and moved during the shipment of the contents, which makes maintenance as simple and cheap as possible. Access to them is carried out by cards, and its owner pays only for what he threw away.
Villiger Underground Disposal Systems are versatile and practical due to the fact that they are fully automated. They are convenient to use, even if you need to ship household waste or construction waste directly from the truck body. It is enough to pay for the shipment with a card, after which the platform with a hydraulic lift rises, making it possible to unload the waste into the waste collection chamber.
Why underground waste bins are convenient?
Underground waste disposal systems are a versatile and cost-effective solution.
- The large capacity of the containers allows you to store a large amount of garbage in a small area.
- There can be several garbage collectors, depending on the amount of garbage on the site, up to 5 containers are installed.
- The storage is suitable for different types of waste: organic waste, Paper, cardboard, PET containers and textiles.
- Waste does not harm people and the environment, which confirms the environmental friendliness of the storage system.
- The storage is hygienic, it is excluded that a bird, rodent or pet will accidentally get into the waste bin.
- The waste bin is easy to use, and its configuration does not spoil the urban landscape.
The storage facilities are airtight and protected from accidental ingress of moisture and precipitation, so they last longer and the garbage in them does not decompose.
Containers are safe to use and maintain. Their lid is not heavy and devoid of sharp corners. The locking mechanism ensures maximum fire safety of the contents and eliminates spillage.
If you buy a container for underground storage and disposal of waste, the costs will quickly pay off. Why? Due to the large volume tanks, which allows not only to store a large amount of garbage, but also to increase the interval for its removal.
Separate storage of waste - how is it arranged?
With an underground storage system, the problem of separate waste collection is easily solved, which significantly improves the environmental situation in megacities and small towns. Its shape and appearance fits well into the urban environment and improves the appearance of residential and industrial areas.
As a result, we suggest watching a video of the operation of such a system: