RESIDENTIAL: Safer Housing. Better Compliance.

Fire-safe, access-controlled external infrastructure that removes risk from buildings, improves resident behavior, and delivers cleaner waste and recycling outcomes at scale.


The Problem Housing Providers Face

Multifamily housing is under growing pressure from:

  • Fire risk from bins, batteries and poorly managed waste areas
  • Illegal dumping, vermin and contamination
  • Increasing inspections, fines and compliance mandates
  • Poor recycling and organics participation
  • Resident dissatisfaction and degraded public realm

The metroSTOR Solution

metroSTOR provides engineered, external containment infrastructure purpose-built for housing environments.

Using one repeatable platform, housing providers can:

  • Externalise fire risk into fire-safe steel enclosures
  • Control access to shape resident behavior
  • Deploy organics infrastructure without contamination chaos
  • Standardise designs across estates and portfolios

This is not a one-off product — it’s infrastructure that scales.

Introduction

With over 177,000 apartments, New York City Public Housing Authority is by far the largest Public Housing Authority in North America and provides a home for approximately 400,000 residents. We’re therefore thrilled to be working with NYCHA on a waste containerization project that will help create a cleaner environment for residents while making it easier for them to separate their recyclables at source and place them in the correct containers, conveniently located near their residence.

“The metroSTOR recycling stations currently at NYCHA’s Wagner Houses are durable and remain tidy one year following the installation. NYCHA residents have positively embraced the new system, stating the containers are much cleaner and more attractive than the previous system.”

Louisa Denison
Programs and Policy Advisor NYCHA

Outcomes You Can Expect

Reduced fire risk and insurance exposure

Lower dumping, vermin and contamination

Improved recycling and organics participation

Fewer complaints, inspections and fines

Cleaner, safer, more dignified housing environments


Typical Configurations Used

  • Secure waste and recycling enclosures
  • Controlled-access organics hubs
  • External e-mobility charging  lockers
Residential waste & recycling

From Pilot to Portfolio Standard