Smarter Waste. Better Places.

Waste and recycling operations are changing. Communities are being asked to do more with available resources while maintaining cleaner public spaces, improving service and advancing sustainability goals.

The opportunity is not simply to collect more often. It is to collect more intelligently.

Bigbelly is heading to SWANA RCON 2026 in St. Louis, Sept. 29–Oct. 2. Visit Booth #730 to see how connected waste and recycling infrastructure can help municipalities, campuses and collection teams gain better visibility into service needs and improve performance across public spaces.

Know When to Collect

A fixed route treats every location the same, even when service needs are different. Bigbelly combines increased capacity with real-time fullness data through CLEAN™, allowing teams to see which stations need attention and which can wait.

With better operational visibility, teams can prioritize service based on actual need, reduce unnecessary collection trips, stay ahead of overflows and optimize collection resources across a network.

Completely Contain Waste

Smarter operations begin with keeping waste where it belongs. Fully enclosed Bigbelly stations help eliminate pest access and prevent wind-blown or pest-strewn litter from reaching streets, sidewalks, parks and other shared spaces.

In high-volume locations, SmartMax solar compactors add capacity at the point of disposal, helping communities manage more material between collections while maintaining a cleaner public-space experience.

Measure What Is Happening

Connected infrastructure also creates a clearer picture of performance. CLEAN™ gives teams operational data they can use to understand collection activity, identify patterns and support decisions about deployment and service.

For communities advancing recycling, diversion and sustainability programs, that visibility helps connect day-to-day operations with larger goals.

Infrastructure Built for Public Space

Waste and recycling stations live outside—in heat, cold, rain, snow and constant public use. Bigbelly is engineered for those conditions and designed to perform over time. That matters when communities are investing in infrastructure expected to deliver value year after year.

At RCON, we look forward to talking with waste, recycling and public works professionals about the next generation of public-space operations: more visibility, better containment and smarter use of resources.