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TFA only seems to have pictures of the one trash can. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Inside-the-secret-studio-where-S-F-s-12-000-

by klyrs 4y ago

TFA only seems to have pictures of the one trash can. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Inside-the-secret-studio-where-S-F-s-12-000-16409622.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article... These designs are all bad. The recycling space is uselessly small. The middle one won't accept an empty takeout container. The one on the right has moving parts that people need to touch to use. Most people don't want to touch a damned trashcan downtown, what are you even thinking?! People are focused on the price, but that's the least of my concerns. All three prioritize form over function. But yeah, the bar & slat designs are needlessly many pieces that require a lot of damned work.

metadat 4y ago
Direct link to image: https://archive.ph/LC3PF/87a04d67bf1d6574004d2f931dc1085afe851b37.jpg https://archive.ph/LC3PF/87a04d67bf1d6574004d2f931dc1085afe8... I didn't realize this article was more than 10 months old.
hobo_in_library 4y ago
Just imagine how much work those slats will be to keep clean!
klyrs 4y ago
Self-reply after some consideration. It looks like the one on the right is foot-operated, which is cool for people of average height and two feet. I smell an ADA lawsuit, but at least most people wouldn't need to touch it with their hands. But it will encourage people to throw out their returnables, which leads to the question "why do so many people rifle the trash?" In the Vancouver area, trash cans have a little ledge where you're supposed to put returnables. From what I can tell, there's a pretty high rate of participation. It keeps the valuables out of the trash, and it simplifies collection. I guess it flies in the face of the American culture of security and authority, but it's a simple fix that takes people's actual motivation into account and addresses it there. Because, unless those cans are guarded 24/7, somebody is going to figure out how to quickly jimmy them open and that knowledge will disseminate quickly.

by klyrs 4y ago

metadat 4y ago

Direct link to image: https://archive.ph/LC3PF/87a04d67bf1d6574004d2f931dc1085afe851b37.jpg https://archive.ph/LC3PF/87a04d67bf1d6574004d2f931dc1085afe8... I didn't realize this article was more than 10 months old.

hobo_in_library 4y ago

Just imagine how much work those slats will be to keep clean!

klyrs 4y ago

Self-reply after some consideration. It looks like the one on the right is foot-operated, which is cool for people of average height and two feet. I smell an ADA lawsuit, but at least most people wouldn't need to touch it with their hands. But it will encourage people to throw out their returnables, which leads to the question "why do so many people rifle the trash?" In the Vancouver area, trash cans have a little ledge where you're supposed to put returnables. From what I can tell, there's a pretty high rate of participation. It keeps the valuables out of the trash, and it simplifies collection. I guess it flies in the face of the American culture of security and authority, but it's a simple fix that takes people's actual motivation into account and addresses it there. Because, unless those cans are guarded 24/7, somebody is going to figure out how to quickly jimmy them open and that knowledge will disseminate quickly.