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San Francisco is spending a fortune to design public trashcans, which will cost $5,000 a can

2021-09-27 00:00:00

San Francisco, we salute you. The city has chosen not to use any of the thousands of time-tested garbage can models available from manufacturers to replace their existing, no-longer-desirable public trashcans. This city will not accept bland, inexpensive-but-functional waste containers available from manufacturers; instead, it is insisting on a custom trashcan fit for the used hypodermic needles and Hashiri containers discarded every day by their residents. San Francisco officials are insisting that the city's new trashcans must be architecturally pleasing, and fit the aesthetic of the city by the bay.

Mission Local reports that the Board of Supervisors voted to approve paying an industrial design firm $427,500 to design and fabricate 15 prototypes of various trash can designs costing $12,000 to $20,000 apiece. The project is 2.5 years old with no end in sight.

From Mission Local:
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