Waste container

A trash can, garbage can also Swiss, Austria also dustbin is a container for the collection and storage of waste until they are finally disposed of. In contrast to the dustbin waste bin or trash can is the usual term for a small vessel, usually inside the home, or as street furniture outdoors. Most are waste bins made ​​of plastic, sheet metal or wire. A special form is the trash.

Pedal bin

Under a pedal bin is defined as a trash can, which is closed with a lid and is opened by pressing a pedal. By pressing the pedal a rod structure is moved, which ends at the top of the pedal bin. In everyday life, pedal bins are often used in kitchens and bathrooms, closed to keep the trash and make unnecessary hand contact with the container.

Many are outside pedal bin made ​​of stainless steel so they will not be corroded by the water spray. The rod structure is fixed to the floor and the walls. In a plastic insert is provided which rests on the edge of the top. Since the insert is removable, the waste is either disposed of directly into the application, or for reasons of hygiene in a loaded trash bag.

Waste bin / trash bin

At the beginning of the 20th century experimented cities with special containers for waste disposal. In French, the word was poubelle the term for waste bins, according to the prefect Eugène Poubelle. In Switzerland, the Ochsner trash were introduced from 1902. The Vienna city cleaning resulted in 1918 after the end of World War I in place of where the dustbin of the charming individual Bin - apparently after the Cologne model - uniform almost dust-free waste collection container with lid, Colonia - bucket, a.

  • Design forms

Trash can beside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin

Waste containers in parks

Waste container of Deutsche Bahn AG

Overcrowded waste container

A trash in Taiwan

Trash in Saint Petersburg

Painted trash can in Uetersen

Painted trash can

Solar-powered trash Big Belly Solar Trash Compactor with integrated

Underground containers for waste separation in the old town of Pisek in the Czech Republic

Emptying of a large-volume sub- collection container hall in Prague

A bear- safe garbage in Lake Louise State Park, Alaska

Waste separation

The waste is sometimes already collected in separate bins to facilitate the subsequent separation of waste in the appropriate waste containers. There are also buckets with separate compartments for organic waste and glass.

Special waste containers

Especially in hospitals or in workplaces with hazardous, there are special systems of bins that close themselves after a single use and can not be opened again. In such bins are disposed of as hazardous substances or infectious waste. This trash can then be burned depending on the content or safely stored in special facilities.

Solar-powered trash " Big Belly Solar" with integrated trash compactor, which can absorb many times to drop and pass on their level via an Internet connection, since 2004 in the United States and in some cases also in Germany .. in use in Switzerland in 2014 already to the 250 spacious and vandal-proof waste bins installed with integrated photovoltaics. Even birds, cats, rats and other nocturnal Interested parties can at the " Big Belly " no longer get to the waste, which facilitates cleaning the city.

In some municipalities, especially in the old town, tourism or city area, an attempt is the growing amount of waste and vandalism with the underfloor solution to master. The main advantage of this sophisticated solution is in addition to the clean look and the space savings and also the built-in fire protection. These underground waste containers can be emptied with the usual municipal street sweepers with a sucker.

To protect against animals trash can be appropriately secured. So in Switzerland attempts are made to construct their trash so that brown bears can not dig in the collected waste. Also, this company brought its 2013 photovoltaic driven trash littershark with automatic compression device on the Swiss market. For particular hazardous areas is also a certified special trash can is made with integrated splinter shield.

Some Stadtreinigungsbetriebe go to the poor image of their garbage cans by being covered with sayings or pictures. This is the way to increase the effect of passers remove their garbage properly. Furthermore, there is also a wide variety of trash cans in special design, partly it involves art projects, guerrilla marketing campaigns or simply to special designs.

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