If you are in Sweden, beware: Getting the trash down in the elevator may kill you. And trust me on this one, there are plenty of other—much better—things to die for in this country.
It’s like your computer’s trash can! Get it? [Glennz Tees via Book of Joe]
Organic garbage, like banana peels and coffee grounds, stink. Sitting in your garbage can all day at room temperature guarantees that your place will smell like a dump. Not if it’s frozen, however.
Behold the TrashCade, the arcade game cabinet made of cardboard and tape! But don’t hold it too much, or it may fall apart in a clusterfrak of trash and wrap. [Techeblog]
The problem with distant glimpses of the future is that getting there takes some time. Such is the case with the TCR-2009 Trash Collecting Robot, which is a neat, but primitive robot garbage man.
12-year-old Max Wallack submitted this amazing “Home Dome”—a homeless shelter made from plastic, wire, and packing peanuts—to a recent “Trash to Treasure” design contest. Based on a Mongolian yurt, it’s warm and includes a bed.
For those out there who obsess about keeping the recycling separate from the normal trash, your chariot has arrived.
The Tri3 trashcan stacks three cans together to make recycling even easier than normal. It’s also much neater, and more stylish, than my solution of throwing recyclables into a heap in the kitchen corner.
