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Today's Urban Design Observation: Weather-Dependent Trash Cans
This simple steel wire-mesh trash basket is a staple of many an NYC neighborhood. In recent years I've noticed that various neighborhoods' B.I.D.s (Business Improvement District committees) have been lining them with trash bags, as seen here.
Enter a caption (optional)I presume this is an effort to make emptying the can a little easier or tidier. They also stop the cans from leaking, as people will unthinkingly toss half-full drinks in there.
The problem with this comes on a windy day, when the wire mesh allows the breeze to pass right through, turning the bags inside-out.
Enter a caption (optional)This one wasn't very full when I snapped the photo, but you can see that the few things that were inside the bag have been ejected.
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Here's an economic and easy solution:
don't use bags in mesh bins OR use bags in bins that aren't mesh
A strip of Butyl tape inside the can bottom or bag bottom will suffice. Though it may rip the bag its so sticky, so maybe rotate the bag as you pull it out.
Solution: A strip of Butyl tape on the bottom of the bag or the can itself.
A lid with a small hole is a nice way to limit trash size and catch the bag...but they all break off/get vandalized/disappear over time.
I was thinking that clipping the bags to the bottom of the can would be a solution, but once the bag was full, the workers would have no way of reaching the bottom to detach the bag.
So maybe the cheapest solution would be to throw a brick in each bag. Seems like a joke, but they would hold the bag in place and the workers would be able to lift it.
I thought of something similar as well. Just toss a rounded stone inside. However, I'm not sure how easy it will be to recover said stone while emptying said bag.
This is a funny problem that could be a combination of air moving through the wire mesh and the Bernoulli's principle where the air traveling fast across the opening of the trash creates low pressure and lifts the bag out of the can.