Gizmodo: trash cans

Trash Cans Get Pimped Out For Charity

Rosa Golijan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:20:00 EDT

My trashcan is a metal, woven-looking thing filled with crumpled up ideas and 48 gum wrappers. Makes me wish I had one of these 35 customized, artist-designed trashcans being put into auction for charity instead. (Particularly the cactus one.)

You're probably onto me by now. I just wanted an excuse to use the #cans hashtag. But seriously, this is one clever charity involving supermodel Helena Christensen, America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker, Yoko Ono, and some serious designers. All that's missing is a Dalek. [Metropolis Mag]

R2D2 Trash Can Gladly Accepts Your Garbage

Gizloco — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:31:19 EST

R2D2 sold out. Not only was his name and likeness used in a projector (that I had to walk really far to get pictures of at CES, thank you very much) and a Pepsi dispenser, but now he's whoring himself out as a garbage can. For shame. The lid opens by stomping on his middle foot thing, where the secrets of the cosmos await. The can stands at 24 inches tall and is only available in Japan, meaning you'll have to pay all sort of import duties if you really want it.

And who could forget all those other, wildly entertaining Star Wars gadgets, like the Yoda backpack and full-size StormTrooper suits? Don't forget my personal favorite, the MacBook Pro turned into a light saber. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page [ThinkGeek via I4U News]

CRT Trash Can: Old is New Again

Charlie White — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:31:56 EDT

Do you have an old monitor lying around? Fellow Gawker mates at Lifehacker point us to a site which shows us how to turn that old tube into a trash can with a few straightforward instructions, but the project is certainly not for the faint of heart. Remember, you're dealing with a vacuum tube that might be prone to a messy implosion. Plus, there's that weird concept of electricity that continues to hang around long after the monitor's been unplugged.

Still, we're strangely interested in clever trash cans, and we do have quite a surplus of old CRTs lying around. Ever so carefully, we might just give this one a try. Since we're mostly paperless around here, it looks like even that dusty old 15-inch monitor might be big enough to hold a week's worth of detritus. Wish us luck. – Charlie White

HOW TO: Turn an Old CRT Monitor into a Trash Can [Doodlepost, via Lifehacker]