Brickbat: Expensive Garbage

The city of San Francisco put almost five years and over half a million dollars into an effort to design and deploy the perfect garbage can. Now, that effort has been put on hold due to an $800 million budget deficit. Mayor London Breed called on all departments to cut at least 10 percent from their budgets. The Department of Public Works said it will not go ahead with plans to purchase the cans, which could each cost thousands of dollars to make.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Garbage cans? That's what San Francisco streets are for.

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

Maybe these trash cans come with a toilet seat, and they were hoping the bums might be encouraged to use those instead of the sidewalks?

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[Adans smith]

In their defense, it's not like they could go to their local Target or Walgreens to pick some up for 30-40 $.

[rbike]

I was taskef this once as a trustee of our church. I found some robust concrete enclosure units for $800 each. Still there looking good.
Too heavy to move without large equipment, simple, replaceable bag frame inside.

I spent only a little time on the Internet to find them.

[Ben of Houston]

Just looking them up, there are several nice ones you can purchase for the 500-800 range, though installation won't be cheap due to how heavy they are.

You can't use domestic cans because they would roll away or be taken. You need something heavy enough to not be moved or something bolted to the ground.

But still, less than a thousand each is expected, and no research and development time is needed unless you are putting it in an art or science museum.

[jimc5499]

The problem is that they can't use plastic liners. You just needed a trash can, they have to try to satisfy the Envirowackos.

[Brandybuck]

In there defense, a $30 garbage can won't last San Francisco three months.

[TJJ2000]

"each cost thousands of dollars to make"... Reminds me of Commie-Healthcare. 'Guns' (Gov-Guns) don't make sh*t and when they pretend to try the only thing they're really doing is armed-theft.

[Rubbish!]

This was not a failure. The point was for some insider to get paid the half-mil. Job over, successfully done.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

In related news: CA clears out homeless in a cave. When asked for comment, the police stated that they were returned to your streets where they belong. Evidently the bears were complaining about shit in their woods.

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

The Pope was unavailable for comment, since Popes don't shit in the woods.

[Fetterman's Hump]

Heresy!

[Idaho-Bob]

Government designs cans...I can only think of gas cans and the fucked-up nozzles.

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

I did find a use for one of those idiotic nozzles. There's one which has a button you have to push with your thumb to allow flow, and it's really handy for filling my Honda 2200 generator, which is otherwise easy to overflow.

[Zeb]

Those would be pretty nice if they were designed to be easy to use rather than tamper resistant/childproof.

Or you can just buy "utility jugs"

[Fetterman's Hump]

"Utility Jugs"... Sounds like a B list porn actress. She probably reads her scripts for second graders.

[Dillinger]

>>the perfect garbage can

I have one from the early 60s it was my dad's or uncle's it has Charlie Brown and Snoopy on it.

[MWAocdoc]

This is where I would have posted a meme image of the entire city of San Francisco in a giant, "perfect" garbage can ... if Reason allowed us to post meme images ...

[AT]

It was never about a trash can.