The struggle is real! > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics> > Google Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > Topic digest <> > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics> > jiminy, why are nice, big trash cans so expensive? (p.s. I FINALLY found an > affordable option!) <x-msg://1/#group_thread_0> - 1 Update > <>jiminy, why are nice, big trash cans so expensive? (p.s. I FINALLY found > an affordable option!) > <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/aa8b05999d654032?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Alex Hillman <[email protected]>: Mar 04 07:30PM -0500 > > On the list of questions I never thought I'd be asking, *"why are trash > cans so expensive?"* is probably near the top of the list right next to > *"where > did all of the forks go?"* and *"why are so many landlords total psychos?" * > ;) > > I'm not talking about the kinds of trash cans you can buy at Target, or > even on Amazon. Consumer-grade trash cans on the scale of nice looking and > reasonably priced are pretty easy to find. > > *But when you start looking at a trash can that doesn't fill up 2-3 times a > day when it's shared by 100+ people...your options start to shrink. * > > And really, it's not that there aren't options...it that with trash cans > over 20 gallons everything is either bizarrely expensive, ugly as sin, *or > both. * > > *Every option I found that was even slightly attractive came in at $700+* > and I just couldn't couldn't couldn't bring myself to drop that much money > on a SINGLE TRASH CAN. It's not like the can took the trash out, or put a > new bag in itself...sheesh. > > So we settled on trash can enclosures to cover large construction cans like > the ones you can find at home depot...but the enclosures always took up a > lot of space, got dirty (nothing quite like scrubbing out a trash > enclosure). > > After a couple of years of on-again-off-again research, I finally found a > few kinda-nice-looking can options and shared the latest findings with our > community. While discussing the options, one member shared a link she found > (I still don't know how she found them before me) for these: > http://kolorcans.com <http://kolorcans.com/> > > Some of the colors were pretty ugly, but there were a few decent ones and > the physcial design was rather nice looking for a workspace. > > But most importantly, their BIGGEST options (55 gallons > <http://kolorcans.com/t/55-gallon-receptacles > <http://kolorcans.com/t/55-gallon-receptacles>>!!) came in around > $250...literally a third what I'd found for 32 gallon (or smaller!) cans. > > With that said, 55 gallons is *much* bigger than we needed for daily use. > 32 gallons is really plenty for us and only needs to be emptied once at the > end of the day. We ended up going with this option > <http://kolorcans.com/products/32-gallon-square-10-recycle-lid > <http://kolorcans.com/products/32-gallon-square-10-recycle-lid>> in "dark > granite." > > Before completing an order direct through kolorcans.com, we found this > website > <https://trashcansunlimited.com/32-gallon-kolor-can-indoor-outdoor-square-recycling-receptacle-s7802a-11-colors/ > > <https://trashcansunlimited.com/32-gallon-kolor-can-indoor-outdoor-square-recycling-receptacle-s7802a-11-colors/>> > (yes, > trashcans unlimited is a real website) that sells the same Kolorcans > product but allows you to mix and match colors between the base and the > lid, which allowed us to get one of the two cans with a blue lid to > indicate recycling. Boom! > > Two cans, with two different color of lids, with 32 gallon liner bins each, > came to under $500 including shipping. *Which is still 30% less than a > single trash can from nearly any other vendor I found!* > > So that's my nearly 400 words missive on the terribleness that is the > trashcan industry, and a great option for ~$200 each that only took me 5 > years to find. May you all confidently upgrade your trash cans...as I know > you've been wanting to. > > :) > > -Alex > > > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org <http://indyhall.org/> > Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com > <http://coworkingweekly.com/> > My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten <https://theindyhallway.com/ten> > Back to top <x-msg://1/#digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. > You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/join>. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>.
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