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One request - after you toss in the garbage and the lid closes, make it "chew" for a couple seconds by rapidly opening/closing the lid over a small distance!

jimmies 6y ago
Oh boy that's not a good idea. I have a trash bin that opens automatically just like the author's post. I really realy love it. But the lid doubles as a fan when it opens and closes so it fans out the ordors. You'd want that amount of fanning minimized.
- wgrover 6y ago
  Ah, good point. I was imagining office waste like paper, but if you're putting in kitchen scraps and dirty diapers, ignore my suggestion...
- tintor 6y ago
  or just make it play "chewing" sound :)
- OJFord 6y ago
  You've undoubtedly thought more about bin design than I ever have, or probably ever will, do you have any suggestion for combating that fanning effect? My kitchen bin is of the slide-out cupboard type, and also suffers from that, despite being more of a shearing than a wafting action!
  - phobosanomaly 6y ago
    Maybe try feeding it some baking soda every now and then to knock-down the odors? Edit: Activated charcoal works too! It can be found at pet stores.
  - tommymachine 6y ago
    Decrease closing speed
  - saalweachter 6y ago
    Hmm, you could install a small fan that kicks on when the drawer is open/closed to pull air from the interior and exhaust it into an adjacent airspace, maybe through a filter if that adjacent airspace is still the room you are in.
  - vbitz 6y ago
    You could make the bin chew with it's mouth closed and just vibrate in time with chewing. Might also help to settle some of the material.
  - staticautomatic 6y ago
    Have the lid slide or pivot to open laterally?
  - MaxLeiter 6y ago
    Make a lid that goes over the top of the trash so it's contained when pulled out. Manually removing the lid (or however you modify it) will be less dramatic than opening the drawer.
  - rusk 6y ago
    Treating this as an X/Y problem ... do you separate your waste? I separate anything that smells (non-compostable food waste, non-recyclable junk) into a separate pail, that is emptied every day or two, so it's never there long enough to get smelly. The dry recyclable stuff can stay in there as long as it wants, and the compostible stuff (waste vege material) never really smells too bad, but again gets tossed more frequently.
    - OJFord 6y ago
      Compost, and then recycling (paper/tins/glass mixed where I am) and rubbish in two bins in the same drawer thing. That's part of the problem really - after compost and recycling I'm left with very little waste, so anything that there is can sit there a while. I tend to empty it because it's been there a while rather than because it's full.
  - Sophistifunk 6y ago
    Take out the trash?
- mensetmanusman 6y ago
  Maybe it should shake an attached appendage instead. Like a tongue!
- AnonHP 6y ago
  This applies mostly to food waste, and in home environments it's better to compost it than throw in a bin and send it to landfills. It takes some effort, but when it's done well, composting shouldn't cause a stink. A self-opening compost bin wouldn't be disgusting.
  - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    That makes assumptions that you have an outdoor space / back yard available for a compost bin and a practical use for said compost, and that's becoming a rarity for a lot of people. I mean I was finally able to afford a two bedroom house with a modest back yard after nearly ten years living in student housing (the last one of which was more expensive than affordable rental housing, but there's a 10-15 year waiting list for that) so I could probably go for it (don't really have the space or the need for compost though).
    - AnonHP 6y ago
      > That makes assumptions that you have an outdoor space / back yard available for a compost bin and a practical use for said compost... It made assumptions on using the compost (or disposing it), but no assumptions were made on backyards or outdoor spaces because those are not required for home composting. It can be done with just a little bit more space than what just one or two bins need, and especially with vertical stacking systems, this isn’t as big a problem. Searching online for “How to compost at home” shows several such stacked systems that need minimal space.
      - rusk 6y ago
        What would you do with compost if you didn't have an outdoor space or back yard? I used to use mine in the garden, but these days I've a municipal waste service come and take my compostables away. Kind of felt at first like I was giving away my sweet valuable compost for free, but then I found out they give out free mulch in return so was happy enough with that, as was my wife :-)
- tchaffee 6y ago
  Or just take out the trash more often.
philliphaydon 6y ago
https://youtu.be/RcOyUqXTiS8?t=80 https://youtu.be/RcOyUqXTiS8?t=80 Cookie Monster chewing cookies!!!!
ragebol 6y ago
And add googly eyes, makes many things better.
- robotfelix 6y ago
  These two suggestions strike remarkably close to a fun university project I did, which featured chewing motions and Kinect-powered eye-contact :) ROBERt (Recycling-Of-Bottles Encouragement Robot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02o4AaIu9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02o4AaIu9w Turns out a lot of humans will stick their arm inside just to see what happens!
ivanilves 6y ago
Awesome tip, since I have only paper garbage, it will not fan out any smells like in case with biologic waste, thanks pal!

jimmies 6y ago

Oh boy that's not a good idea. I have a trash bin that opens automatically just like the author's post. I really realy love it. But the lid doubles as a fan when it opens and closes so it fans out the ordors. You'd want that amount of fanning minimized.

wgrover 6y ago
Ah, good point. I was imagining office waste like paper, but if you're putting in kitchen scraps and dirty diapers, ignore my suggestion...
tintor 6y ago
or just make it play "chewing" sound :)
OJFord 6y ago
You've undoubtedly thought more about bin design than I ever have, or probably ever will, do you have any suggestion for combating that fanning effect? My kitchen bin is of the slide-out cupboard type, and also suffers from that, despite being more of a shearing than a wafting action!
- phobosanomaly 6y ago
  Maybe try feeding it some baking soda every now and then to knock-down the odors? Edit: Activated charcoal works too! It can be found at pet stores.
- tommymachine 6y ago
  Decrease closing speed
- saalweachter 6y ago
  Hmm, you could install a small fan that kicks on when the drawer is open/closed to pull air from the interior and exhaust it into an adjacent airspace, maybe through a filter if that adjacent airspace is still the room you are in.
- vbitz 6y ago
  You could make the bin chew with it's mouth closed and just vibrate in time with chewing. Might also help to settle some of the material.
- staticautomatic 6y ago
  Have the lid slide or pivot to open laterally?
- MaxLeiter 6y ago
  Make a lid that goes over the top of the trash so it's contained when pulled out. Manually removing the lid (or however you modify it) will be less dramatic than opening the drawer.
- rusk 6y ago
  Treating this as an X/Y problem ... do you separate your waste? I separate anything that smells (non-compostable food waste, non-recyclable junk) into a separate pail, that is emptied every day or two, so it's never there long enough to get smelly. The dry recyclable stuff can stay in there as long as it wants, and the compostible stuff (waste vege material) never really smells too bad, but again gets tossed more frequently.
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Compost, and then recycling (paper/tins/glass mixed where I am) and rubbish in two bins in the same drawer thing. That's part of the problem really - after compost and recycling I'm left with very little waste, so anything that there is can sit there a while. I tend to empty it because it's been there a while rather than because it's full.
- Sophistifunk 6y ago
  Take out the trash?
mensetmanusman 6y ago
Maybe it should shake an attached appendage instead. Like a tongue!
AnonHP 6y ago
This applies mostly to food waste, and in home environments it's better to compost it than throw in a bin and send it to landfills. It takes some effort, but when it's done well, composting shouldn't cause a stink. A self-opening compost bin wouldn't be disgusting.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  That makes assumptions that you have an outdoor space / back yard available for a compost bin and a practical use for said compost, and that's becoming a rarity for a lot of people. I mean I was finally able to afford a two bedroom house with a modest back yard after nearly ten years living in student housing (the last one of which was more expensive than affordable rental housing, but there's a 10-15 year waiting list for that) so I could probably go for it (don't really have the space or the need for compost though).
  - AnonHP 6y ago
    > That makes assumptions that you have an outdoor space / back yard available for a compost bin and a practical use for said compost... It made assumptions on using the compost (or disposing it), but no assumptions were made on backyards or outdoor spaces because those are not required for home composting. It can be done with just a little bit more space than what just one or two bins need, and especially with vertical stacking systems, this isn’t as big a problem. Searching online for “How to compost at home” shows several such stacked systems that need minimal space.
    - rusk 6y ago
      What would you do with compost if you didn't have an outdoor space or back yard? I used to use mine in the garden, but these days I've a municipal waste service come and take my compostables away. Kind of felt at first like I was giving away my sweet valuable compost for free, but then I found out they give out free mulch in return so was happy enough with that, as was my wife :-)
tchaffee 6y ago
Or just take out the trash more often.

philliphaydon 6y ago

https://youtu.be/RcOyUqXTiS8?t=80 https://youtu.be/RcOyUqXTiS8?t=80 Cookie Monster chewing cookies!!!!

ragebol 6y ago

And add googly eyes, makes many things better.

robotfelix 6y ago
These two suggestions strike remarkably close to a fun university project I did, which featured chewing motions and Kinect-powered eye-contact :) ROBERt (Recycling-Of-Bottles Encouragement Robot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02o4AaIu9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02o4AaIu9w Turns out a lot of humans will stick their arm inside just to see what happens!

ivanilves 6y ago

Awesome tip, since I have only paper garbage, it will not fan out any smells like in case with biologic waste, thanks pal!