"With the contract ending, the City can now step in to ensure our litter bins are well designed, well-maintained, well-placed, responsive to community needs and end the persistent problem of broken and overflowing litter bins that make our main streets less livable."
"Over the life of the current contract there have been five different designs for the litter bins with varying levels of functionality as well as issues regarding maintenance and installation."
"Chow and Fletcher suggest city staff could begin a request for proposal process only for street furniture and street furniture advertising, and begin a separate process to bring all the aspects of the litter bins wholly under the control of the city."
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Councillor Paula Fletcher are advocating for the city to assume direct management of its 25,000 street litter bins when the current contract with Astral Media concludes in 2027. The existing 20-year agreement, established in 2007, covers street furniture including transit shelters, bins, and benches. The officials argue that municipal control would ensure better design, maintenance, and placement of bins while addressing chronic problems of broken and overflowing receptacles that diminish streetscape quality. They propose separating litter bin management from general street furniture contracts, allowing the city to implement a dedicated request for proposal process focused solely on litter bin operations under municipal oversight.
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