Dozens of city and county managers from around Florida met at Kissimmee City Hall Thursday to check out the city’s new underground refuse system.

Two underground dumpsters have been installed at City Hall with others rolled out at The Hamilton at Lakeside Apartments on John Young Parkway.

The company contracted by the city for the program is run by former Osceola County School Board Member Jay Wheeler.

“Our collaboration with the City of Kissimmee is so important because this is where we started, and now, we have a place to show other governments
how this works,” he told the News-Gazette last week. Collecting refuse underground is touted for freeing up space for pedestrians and parking in urban
settings.

The City of Kissimmee is the first government agency to partner with underground Refuse Systems on this new and innovative way of disposing of
waste in their city.

Underground Refuse Systems, established in 2015, containers have environmentally friendly benefits as an underground waste container that will
eliminate human and unforeseen errors, safety for the operator productivity optimization and reduced maintenance costs, eliminate unwanted
animal intrusion and unwanted dumpster users, odor, and more.