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This article first appeared on WESH 2. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Kissimmee has unveiled its new underground waste system. The system is the first of its kind in the United States. The city hopes the system will get rid of odor, public trash containers and keep trash off the streets.

This article first appeared on WESH 2. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Dumpster divers, beware. Trash is going underground in an Orlando suburb. Officials in Kissimmee are unveiling the city’s first underground waste containers on Wednesday. The goal is to eliminate dumpster divers, both human and animal. Eventually, there will be 17 underground trash containers located throughout Osceola County. The underground containers are about 6 cubic yards (5 meters) and they are kept 11 feet (3.3 meters) underground. A mailbox-like receptacle above ground allows businesses or individuals to drop their trash into the underground containers. A custom truck empties the containers by lifting them out of the ground with a crane and emptying their contents into the truck. Kissimmee is the first […]