Waste container
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A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, which is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin, rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, trash can, trash bin, dumpster, container bin, bin trash barrel, and rubbish barrel. The words "rubbish" and "bin" are more common in British English usage; "trash" and "can" are more common in American English usage.
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History
Please focus on recent predecessors and development.
Subdivision
Indoor bins
Indoor bins are traditionally kept in the kitchen to dispose of culinary excess such as fruit peelings or bottles, although there are also wastepaper baskets or wastebaskets which are used in offices to dispose of waste paper and other office refuse. Sometimes a bin can simply be referred to as "the garbage" or "the trash", in an example of a question, such as when one might ask "Where's the bin?" in an unfamiliar kitchen.
Most bins have heavy lids on the top to seal in the odor that garbage tends to emit. Though most have to be opened manually, indoor bins sometimes have pedals which open the lid when stomped on. Many bins are now water tight and need to be checked to stop leaking.
Indoor bins are traditionally lined with bin bags,[1] which keeps the bin itself clean, facilitates the removal of the garbage and allows disposal with minimal contact to the contents. A common practice is to place multiple bags in each bin once a day so that one can empty the container by removing the bag and not have to replace it, speeding up the process.
Rubbish is usually kept in these receptacles until full, at which point they are transferred via the aforementioned bin bags to an outside receptacle such as a dumpster, or simply to the roadside.
Curbside dustbins
The curbside dustbins usually consist of three types: trash cans (receptacles often made of tin, steel or plastic), Dumpsters (large receptacles similar to skips) and wheelie bins (light, usually plastic bins that are mobile). All of these are emptied by collectors, who will load the contents into a garbage truck and drive it to a landfill, incinerator or consuming crush facility to be disposed of.
Bins in public areas
Certain public areas such as parks have litter bins which are placed alongside paths frequently walked by visitors. This encourages people to avoid littering, which creates an unhealthy and aesthetically unpleasant social environment.
A Danish design company called Peoples ApS, have in cooperation with Swedish based Dynasafe AB, developed a "bombproof" bin suitable for public places. The bins were successfully tested at Saab Bofors test center, an independent third party, using the maximum amount of explosives specified for the particular design.
Operation
Users often toss their waste into the container by hand. Sometimes it is first collected into a temporary smaller container and then disposed of into the waste container.
Functioning
Technology, structure and physics.
Usage
Indoor bins are often used in kitchens and offices. Public spaces, such as parks, also often have dustbins.
Competitive products
Including benefits and limitations of different products.
Standards
- EN 840, a European Standard for mobile waste containers.
References
- ↑ "Bin bags" as described above are also known as "garbage bags", "trash bags", "bin liners", or "can liners".
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| Has component | Lid + |
| Has main image | Wheelie bin.JPG + |
| Is restocked with | Bin bag + |
| Made of material | Metal +, and Plastic + |
| Subtype of | Container + |
| Used in | Kitchen +, Office +, and Park + |
