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The main competitor for these trash cans is the BigBelly, which cost $3,000 a year to lease. They've already been deployed in some parts of SF and surrounding c
by jerlam 4y ago
The main competitor for these trash cans is the BigBelly, which cost $3,000 a year to lease. They've already been deployed in some parts of SF and surrounding cities.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/City-has-little-love-for-Bigbelly-bins-13309542.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Ci...
- iancmceachern 4y agoNot true. The main competitor is a regular dumb trash can you can buy from home depot for $50. Edited to say $50 not $10 per below comment.
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- mindslight 4y ago^ Perfect demonstration of the bikeshed effect. You could have looked at some commercial supply catalogs and seen that trash cans used by businesses cost significantly more. You could have searched around and found that businesses and other institutions have significant costs for installation, maintenance, tracking, abuse, environmental factors, etc that require more substantial solutions to mitigate. Instead, I'll summarize that into this rebuttal comment, and I may even convince you that a $10 trash can that goes next to your toilet [0] won't work as a city trash can. But it won't stop the next person from posting the exact same type of anti-enlightening comment and thinking it's insightful. [0] These days it's $50 for a 44 gallon Brute, which will still get stolen or tip over in the wind.
- iancmceachern 4y agoThank you, point noted and accepted. I revise my comment to say $50
- m0llusk 4y agoSimple trash cans like this do not endure long in dense city environments. The most common designs currently found have lasted for decades and cost way more than $50 when put in place. Have you ever done trash hauling in a city or are you just a reactionary?
- iancmceachern 4y agoI've designed a lot of street furniture for companies like Cemusa, Jcd, etc. Even nice fancy stainless steel things that are built better to withstand a city are very inexpensive when ordered in quantity from overseas. A good example is a shipping container. They cost about $2k to manufacture in China. So, yes, I think a trash can should cost less to manufacture than a shipping container. Source: https://www.quora.com/How-much-cost-to-make-a-new-shipping-container?top_ans=344180855 https://www.quora.com/How-much-cost-to-make-a-new-shipping-c...