Rubbermaid announced today they've upgraded their Roughneck® resin storage totes to included embedded cedar wood, giving their popular line of plastic storage bins the smell of natural cedar, and protection against insects.

The folks at Rubbermaid actually took pieces of cedar wood and mixed it into the plastic resin during the molding process. The company claims the result is the same durability of the Roughneck® brand, with the smell and bug-repelling properties of cedar wood.

To complete the process, they changed the color of the bins to match the purple-hues of cedar.

Rubbermaid says their new totes are currently available at Menards, select Target locations, and will be available later this year at Ace, The Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and others.