Waste container

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Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines.
Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil

A waste container, also known as a dustbin,

food waste specifically (when distinguished from "trash") or to municipal solid waste
in general.

Designs

A pedal bin of 1972
Automated waste container in South Korea

Trash cans are typically made of steel or plastic (most commonly polyethylene), although some are made of wood or wicker.

A pedal bin is a container with a lid operated by a foot pedal.

kitchen waste
. The foot pedal enables the user to open the lid without touching it with their hands.

In the 2010s, some bins have begun to include automated mechanisms such as a lid with infrared detection on the top of the can powered by batteries to open it rather than a foot pedal, freeing the user from touching the bin in any way. This helps prevent the bin lids becoming clogged with trash. These wastes containers are mostly made of stainless steel.[citation needed] Some bin models also include a small receptable for an air freshener.

Origins

French

Legislation surrounding waste receptacles was first introduced in France in an 1883 prefectural order signed by Eugène Poubelle, from whose name the French word for a waste receptacle comes. This order mandated the provision and collection of waste bins to each household in Paris. These bins were specified as having to be between 80 and 120 litres in volume and having a handle and a lid[citation needed]. Three waste bins were to be allocated to each household in order to sort refuse from reclaimable fibres such as paper and cloth and other reusable materials like ceramics, glasses and oyster shells.[3]

English

Legislation setting out the responsibilities for the provision and collection of "receptacles for the temporary deposit and collection of dust ashes and rubbish" by local authorities in Britain was first set out in the Public Health Act 1875.[4] However, this did not mandate the use of them, leaving the decision to offer the service to local government instead.

Household collection

Household waste container (specifically, a wheelie bin) in Berkshire, England

In many cities and towns, there is a public waste collection service which regularly collects household waste from outside buildings. The waste is loaded into a

incinerator
or crush facility to be disposed of.

In some areas, each household has multiple bins for different categories of rubbish (usually represented by colours) depending on its suitability for recycling, which will instead be routed to a recycling center.[5]

Roadside waste collection is often done by means of larger metal containers of varying designs, mostly called dumpsters in the US, and skips in the UK. However the functionality dumpsters and skips are somewhat different: while a skip is intended to be loaded onto a vehicle and transported, the contents of a dumpster are emptied into a garbage truck on site and the dumpster remains and its designated location.[6] Adding to this, there is another type of container known as a Roll Off Dumpster. This type is unique because it's designed for easy transportation and disposal of large amounts of waste. Roll Off Dumpsters are set on a truck with a roll-off mechanism, allowing them to be rolled onto and off the truck bed. This feature makes them particularly useful for large projects like construction, renovation, or extensive clean-ups where substantial amounts of waste are generated. They come in various sizes to accommodate different needs, and unlike regular dumpsters, they are open-topped for easier loading of large or irregularly shaped debris. Their mobility and capacity for handling heavy loads make them an efficient solution for large-scale waste management.

Public collection

International symbol "Tidyman" used on packaging to remind people to dispose of it in a bin instead of littering

Public areas such as

parks, often have litter bins placed to improve the social environment by encouraging people not to litter. Such bins in outdoor locations or other busy public areas are usually mounted to the ground or wall to discourage theft, and reduce vandalism, and to improve their appearance are sometimes deliberately artistic or cute.[7][8] In dense urban areas, trash is stored underground below the receptacle.[9] Many are lined with a plastic or paper bin bag
to help contain liquids.

Metaphors

The term "garbage can" is also used for a model of decision making, the "

Garbage Can Model
" of decision making. It is concerned with cases of decision making in great aggregate uncertainty which can cause decisions to arise that from a distant point of view might seem irrational.

A "

trash can
" metaphor is often used in computer operating system desktop environments as a place files can be moved for deletion.

In a workplace setting, a bin may be euphemistically called "the

circular file", "the round file" or "the janitor's file". Whereas useful documents are filed in a filing cabinet
, which is rectangular, junk mail and other worthless items are "filed" in the bin, which is often round.

The term "wastebasket" is occasionally used in

paraphyletic) groupings that pose problems in classification (e.g., the proposed order Insectivora is considered a "wastebasket taxon", as it groups small mammals that do not fit nicely into other taxa), and the Nilo-Saharan language family is sometimes called "Greenberg's wastebasket", as it was a grouping made by him to fit the languages of Africa that did not fall into the other groups, Afroasiatic, Niger–Congo and Khoisan
.

Examples

  • Public waste container in Nacka, Sweden
    Public waste container in Nacka, Sweden
  • Waste container in Tampere, Finland
    Waste container in Tampere, Finland
  • Waste containers at the National Theater in Taipei, Taiwan
    Waste containers at the
    Taipei, Taiwan
  • Art on waste containers
    Art on waste containers
  • Animal trash can where the opening is the mouth
    Animal trash can where the opening is the mouth
  • Waste container in Tarifa, Spain
    Waste container in Tarifa, Spain
  • Waste containers in Greece
    Waste containers in Greece
  • A public waste container with a saying in Traiskirchen, Austria
    A public waste container with a saying in Traiskirchen, Austria
  • A recycling bin (blue) and garbage disposal bin (black) available to patrons in a Municipal Park within Toronto, ON
    A recycling bin (blue) and garbage disposal bin (black) available to patrons in a Municipal Park within Toronto, ON
  • Waste container typically used in American public schools.
    Waste container typically used in American public schools.

See also

References

  1. ^ Government of Hong Kong. "Civil Service Bureau".
  2. ISBN 978-1-57958-380-4
  3. ^ Jaggard, David (9 November 2010). "Waste Management in France: A History of the "Poubelle"". Paris Update. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ Government of the United Kingdom. "Public Health Act 1875, Section 45 (as enacted)".
  5. ^ "Rubbish and recycling" Archived 2016-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, ccc.govt.nz
  6. ISBN 978-3-642-28681-0
    . Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ Advertising On Trash Cans, Waste Receptacles, Recycle Bine - Custom trash cans with logos - YouTube, archived from the original on 2021-11-17
  8. ^ trash can advertising recycle bins advertising solutions
  9. ^ Shendruk, Amanada (5 August 2018). "Could NYC solve its trash problem with underground trash cans?". Quartz (publication). Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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