Waste container

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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 temporaryinto a garbage truck and drive it to a landfill,
deletion of a computer file see Recycle binincinerator or consuming crush facility to be
(computing). disposed of.
A circle of binsTrash and recycling cans are often separated by
A waste container is a container for temporarilytype
storing waste, which is usually made out of metalIn 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, andproducts. These bins are separated into different
rubbish barrel; the word can generally refers to acategories (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 Englishbin. The most common materials used for
usage; "trash" and "can" are more common inrecycling are paper, glass, metal, plastics and
American English usage."green waste" (compostable material, either
Explanationgarden waste or food scraps or both).
Indoor binsA bin that needs to go in a bin
Indoor bins are traditionally kept in the kitchen toThe contents of the bins are taken to a recycling
dispose of culinary excess such as fruit peelingsplant to be processed, and there are various
or bottles, although there are also wastepapersystems for recycling bin collection: single bin
baskets or wastebaskets which are used incombined stream systems, multiple bin systems,
offices to dispose of waste paper and otherand cyclic collections with different materials
office refuse. Sometimes a bin can simply becollected on different days.
referred to as "the garbage" or "the trash", in anAn office waste paper bin
example of a question, such as when one mightBins in public areas
ask "Where's the bin?" in an unfamiliar kitchen.A wall mounted garbage container
A wheelie bin in Berkshire, EnglandCertain public areas such as parks have litter bins
Most bins have heavy lids on the top to seal inwhich are placed alongside paths frequently
the odor that garbage tends to emit. Thoughwalked by visitors. This encourages people to
most have to be opened manually, indoor binsavoid littering, which creates an unhealthy and
sometimes have pedals which open the lid whenaesthetically unpleasant social environment.
stomped on. Many bins are now water tight andBins 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 theby making it harder for someone to physically
removal of the garbage and allows disposal withmove or maneuver the bins; to spill their contents
minimal contact to the contents. A commonon the ground for example, or to use the bin as
practice is to place multiple bags in each bin oncean effective weapon to hit people over the back
a day so that one can empty the container bywith.
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 untiltransparent plastic bags, in which it is difficult to
full, at which point they are transferred via thehide a bomb.
aforementioned bin bags to an outside receptacleIn 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 dustbinslikely to be spotted than an unattended bag and
A message of encouragement for people to usethe metal bins provide extra shrapnel that injures
the container rather than leaving garbagepeople nearby when it detonates. For this reason
elsewhere.there are no bins in most railway stations, most
The curbside dustbins usually consist of threeairports, 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 receptaclesbin bag hanging from a metal loop.