| I want to introduct something about washroom | | | | similar to skips) and wheelie bins (light, usually |
| vanity. bath vanity washroom vani | | | | plastic bins that are mobile). All of these are |
| (Redirected from Trash can) | | | | emptied by collectors, who will load the contents |
| 'Wastebin' redirects here. For the temporary | | | | into a garbage truck and drive it to a landfill, |
| deletion of a computer file see Recycle bin | | | | incinerator or consuming crush facility to be |
| (computing). | | | | disposed of. |
| A circle of bins | | | | Trash and recycling cans are often separated by |
| A waste container is a container for temporarily | | | | type |
| storing waste, which is usually made out of metal | | | | In some areas there is also a recycling service, |
| or plastic. Common terms are dustbin, rubbish bin, | | | | often with one or more dedicated bins intended |
| litter bin, garbage can, trash can, trash bin, | | | | to receive items that can be recycled into new |
| dumpster, Container Bin, Bin trash barrel, and | | | | products. These bins are separated into different |
| rubbish barrel; the word can generally refers to a | | | | categories (usually represented by colours) which |
| container made out of metal. The words "rubbish" | | | | determine what materials can be inserted into the |
| and "bin" are more common in British English | | | | bin. The most common materials used for |
| usage; "trash" and "can" are more common in | | | | recycling are paper, glass, metal, plastics and |
| American English usage. | | | | "green waste" (compostable material, either |
| Explanation | | | | garden waste or food scraps or both). |
| Indoor bins | | | | A bin that needs to go in a bin |
| Indoor bins are traditionally kept in the kitchen to | | | | The contents of the bins are taken to a recycling |
| dispose of culinary excess such as fruit peelings | | | | plant to be processed, and there are various |
| or bottles, although there are also wastepaper | | | | systems for recycling bin collection: single bin |
| baskets or wastebaskets which are used in | | | | combined stream systems, multiple bin systems, |
| offices to dispose of waste paper and other | | | | and cyclic collections with different materials |
| office refuse. Sometimes a bin can simply be | | | | collected on different days. |
| referred to as "the garbage" or "the trash", in an | | | | An office waste paper bin |
| example of a question, such as when one might | | | | Bins in public areas |
| ask "Where's the bin?" in an unfamiliar kitchen. | | | | A wall mounted garbage container |
| A wheelie bin in Berkshire, England | | | | Certain public areas such as parks have litter bins |
| Most bins have heavy lids on the top to seal in | | | | which are placed alongside paths frequently |
| the odor that garbage tends to emit. Though | | | | walked by visitors. This encourages people to |
| most have to be opened manually, indoor bins | | | | avoid littering, which creates an unhealthy and |
| sometimes have pedals which open the lid when | | | | aesthetically unpleasant social environment. |
| stomped on. Many bins are now water tight and | | | | Bins in outdoor locations or other busy public |
| need to be checked to stop leaking. | | | | areas are usually mounted to the ground or wall. |
| Indoor bins are traditionally lined with bin bags, | | | | This discourages theft, and also reduces vandalism |
| which keeps the bin itself clean, facilitates the | | | | by making it harder for someone to physically |
| removal of the garbage and allows disposal with | | | | move or maneuver the bins; to spill their contents |
| minimal contact to the contents. A common | | | | on the ground for example, or to use the bin as |
| practice is to place multiple bags in each bin once | | | | an effective weapon to hit people over the back |
| a day so that one can empty the container by | | | | with. |
| removing the bag and not have to replace it, | | | | Since the 1995 terror bombings in France, public |
| speeding up the process. | | | | trashcans have largely been replaced by |
| Rubbish is usually kept in these receptacles until | | | | transparent plastic bags, in which it is difficult to |
| full, at which point they are transferred via the | | | | hide a bomb. |
| aforementioned bin bags to an outside receptacle | | | | In the past terrorists have left improvised |
| such as a dumpster, or simply to the roadside. | | | | explosive devices in bins. The bomb is much less |
| Curbside dustbins | | | | likely to be spotted than an unattended bag and |
| A message of encouragement for people to use | | | | the metal bins provide extra shrapnel that injures |
| the container rather than leaving garbage | | | | people nearby when it detonates. For this reason |
| elsewhere. | | | | there are no bins in most railway stations, most |
| The curbside dustbins usually consist of three | | | | airports, and many shopping centres in the United |
| types: trash cans (receptacles often made of tin, | | | | Kingdom, or if they are provided they are just a |
| steel or plastic), Dumpsters (large receptacles | | | | bin bag hanging from a metal loop. |