Cleaner Parks, Smarter Operations: How Calabasas is Advancing Public Space Infrastructure

This season, the City of Calabasas introduced a smarter approach to waste, recycling, and composting—bringing cleaner, greener, better infrastructure to parks across the community.

🌎 From Exploration to Implementation

Following a series of working sessions, Calabasas evaluated how to:

Reduce overflow
Improve collection efficiency
Introduce composting in a practical, visible way

The result was a solution designed to address both operational needs and long-term sustainability goals.

“For us, this was about more than adding infrastructure— it was about maintaining clean public spaces and making it easy for park patrons to properly dispose of their waste. Bigbelly helped us bring that vision to life.
— City of Calabasas

♻️ The Solution

Calabasas deployed:

3 Smart Max Waste
3 Smart Max Recycling
3 Smart Solar Compost

Key benefits:

✔️ Increased capacity through compaction
✔️ Reduced collection frequency
✔️ Improved route efficiency with CLEAN™ software
✔️ Expanded composting participation

🌿 Operational and Community Impact

With this system in place, Calabasas is now able to:

Address overflow challenges
Optimize staff time
Improve service levels
Support sustainability goals through composting

🤝 Built Through Partnership

This deployment reflects a collaborative approach—aligning city goals with a solution designed to perform in real-world public spaces.

“We’re proud to partner with Calabasas to deliver a solution that supports both operational efficiency and community experience. This is how we work—collaboratively, thoughtfully, and with a shared focus on long-term impact.”
— Michelle Firmbach, Marketing Director for Bigbelly