(That number was amended to 26% by the Department of Public Works after The Brew questioned inconsistencies between the percentage cited and the recorded number of citizen calls in the two neighborhoods.)Ī prototype trash container made by the supplier. The purchase of so-called “smart” garbage cans has been one of the top priorities of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to replace the myriad of cans, containers and plastic bags currently used by residents to dispose of their garbage.Ī pilot program of 11,000 municipally-owned carts distributed in the Mondawmin area and Belair-Edison last year has been credited by the mayor with reducing citizen calls for rat exterminations by 75%. North Carolina-based Schaefer Systems International has been selected as the supplier of the rollout containers that will be equipped with radio frequency (RFID) tags for tracking purposes, painted green, emblazoned with the city seal and lettered with text that will read, “Property of the City of Baltimore.” The Board of Estimates is set tomorrow to approve $8.94 million to buy about 210,000 garbage cans that will be distributed next year to every city household as part of an effort to keep streets cleaner and reduce the rat population.

96 gallon supercan