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a humble throne where your worst decisions go to retire in peace.
means A container, usually open-topped or lidded, for holding garbage until it's collected or emptied.
from A plain-spoken American compound of "trash" and "can." "Trash" arrived in English by the 16th century meaning broken twigs, leaves, and other worthless cuttings — possibly from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse 'tros,' fallen leaves and twigs — and only later widened to mean rubbish in general. "Can," the metal container, comes from Old English 'canne.' Americans married the two; the British, with the same idea, married "dust" and "bin" instead and got "dustbin."
- first patent
- Patented in 1850s; humans hoarded garbage before that
- raccoon nemesis
- Cities engineer lids to outsmart genius masked bandits
- swap fame
- Oscar the Grouch made one beloved worldwide
- hidden value
- Bins drive a multi-billion dollar waste industry
oscar the grouch — sesame street character who lives in a trash can since 1969
big belly bins — solar-powered smart trash cans deployed in san francisco, nyc, and other us cities