Dive summary:

• A contract has been awarded in Saint-Ouen, France to install a 6 km (3.73 mile) vacuum pipeline under the city to collect trash.
• The system will have two terminals, one for household waste and another for recyclable materials; the fully automated system will then suck the materials through the pipeline to a central collection facility.
• The project is estimated to cost around 20 million Euros (26 million dollars) but save the city money and reduce energy consumption thanks to the absence of collection vehicles.

From the article:
A contract to design and build a pneumatic collection system for household waste in Saint-Ouen, in the Seine-Saint-Denis region of France has been awarded to SITA and its partners.

In partnership with its fellow subsidiary of Suez Environnement (Paris: SEV, Brussels: SEVB), engineering consultancy SAFEGE, waste management technology supplier ROS ROCA, and BBJ architects, SITA was awarded the contract to build an underground pneumatic waste collection system in Saint-Ouen which will feature 143 collection points.

SITA said that the contract is is the second pneumatic collection success for the SITA-ROS ROCA Group, and follows a contract for the town of Vitry-sur-Seine in 2011. ...