New downtown Raleigh trash bins are giant, but they'll stay mostly out of sight underground
One Molok underground can hold more trash than 20 City of Raleigh garbage cans can.
Posted — UpdatedCurious minds have wondered what's under construction at the corner of Wilmington and Hargett streets in downtown Raleigh.
“We’ve had a lot of curiosity, a lot of phone calls, people asking about the Moloks,” said Andrew Martin, who works with the city’s solid waste services.
If you open the lid, you can smell the answer: They’re six heavy-duty garbage cans.
One Molok can hold more trash than 20 City of Raleigh garbage cans can.
The containers, the product of a Finnish company, are mostly underground.
The new program is to keep sidewalks clear of trash carts and recycling carts.
The Moloks used to be in a no-parking zone.
They have sensors to control odors underground, and trash will be collected above ground.
“We are in the process of retrofitting a special truck that can lift them up with an arm, more like a crane,” Martin said.
The city plans to test out the cans through summer 2020, hoping that the pilot program will save time and money on garbage collection.
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