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The Gift of "Solid" Waste: Elevating Kitchen Trash to the Level of Art
by NFP | Jan 03 '01
Great gift because it's unexpected, unexpectedly attractive, and actually useful.

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Psssst...... (Reply to this comment)
by theeye
Behold what you have wrought:

http://www.epinions.com/content_168623181444
Jan 07 '05
1:04 pm PST

Ahhhhh! (Reply to this comment)
by jstlawrence
"The Kitchen Trash Can That Looks Good and Actually Works" has been on my list of quests for some time. I've gone through two fancy stainless steel units that have disappointed (bullet style that's too small and with a lid doesn't function well; larger round "step" can that holds too little because of its round shape, and lets the bag "drop" as you describe). I'm going to check this unit out a little further, but you've done a great service in trying to solve this mystery.

Right on! - J.
Apr 08 '03
10:40 am PDT

Kitchen Solid Waste Container, Brabantia, 8gal (Reply to this comment)
by martinpt
I recently purchased a Brabantia, 8gal., waste container in which I enjoy very much. My problem is , I cannot find liners (plastic bags) for this container. I would very much like information on how to order this item. Thank-you very much.

P.S. Please notify me at the following E-Mail address: pete.t.martin@lmco.com
Feb 26 '02
2:33 pm PST

Re: Re:+Earlier+this+week (Reply to this comment)
by theworm
A thousand apologies! I suppose that was very inappropriate!
May 23 '01
5:32 am PDT

Re: Earlier+this+week (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
How dare you make gratuitous comments to your sister about my can!

:-)

cheers,

nick
May 22 '01
10:55 am PDT

Earlier this week (Reply to this comment)
by theworm
I visited my sister, "theeye". I walked into the kitchen, took one look under the counter, and shouted out "That must be Nick's can!". Now I can fully appreciate your enthusiasm (although I don't think I'll ever be able to justify spending $200 on a trash receptical).
May 20 '01
3:48 pm PDT

Sold! (Reply to this comment)
by theeye
Just wanted to let you know that after mulling it over ever since first reading this epinion, my husband and I made A Buying Decision this past Sunday at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Yup, we too are now the proud owners of a $200 space age trash can (we paid full price -- the guy at the checkout looked at us like we were crazy).

It really is cool. :-)

May 02 '01
7:28 am PDT

Re: Hmmmm... how to properly commemorate this? (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
You, Sir T-poo, are one strange puppy.

But thanks for the....dig.

nick
Mar 01 '01
9:13 pm PST

Hmmmm... how to properly commemorate this? (Reply to this comment)
by tipu
I mean, Lisa already took the Mastercard variant that was running through my head as I read.

Septober 28, 2108

We started carefully working on the rubble over Monrovia, CA, this week. This area wasn't hit as hard as some of the major commercial centers by Quake2037, and so artifacts are often found nearly intact.

Today we made an interesting find, perhaps of interest to the students studying antequakian art. In what was clearly a food-preparation area, we have found a rather unusual hollow metal cylinder with traces of organic residue on the insides. Most anthropologists are of the mind that the inhabitants of this domicile participated in religious rituals requiring animal sacrifices. There has been one dissenting view from CMIT in East America that strangely beautiful receptacle may have been used for the temporary storage of refuse. We will not deign such speculations with comment.
- from the Diaries of Dig 2105

Thank you Sir Peters, that was very entertaining! ...t-þoo

Mar 01 '01
4:33 pm PST

"And as we all know, you can’t put a price on happiness" (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
No, you can't.

Sounds like one cool trash can, albeit at one cool price.

Bill
Mar 01 '01
4:24 pm PST

oooooooooooo (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
I want it!

I have this total piece of "garbage" (pun intended) which I refuse (pun intended) to replace because I can't afford what I really want....

....which is pretty much what you have.

I'm jealous! Cheap trash cans for me? Rubbish!

Thanks, as always, Nick, I really enjoyed this -
Andrea
Feb 03 '01
4:52 pm PST

I had no idea... (Reply to this comment)
by Dr_Steph
that a trash can could elicit such a passionate and enjoyable review! I also didn't know it could cost that much. :)

Steph
Feb 03 '01
3:36 pm PST

Now there's a review! (Reply to this comment)
by scmrak
Nick, only you could write an illuminating and ultimately fascinating review of a trash can!

Although at that price, I suppose it's more properly a "waste receptacle," eh?

If you want to get off dishwasher duty, I've got a ready stock of simple and quick (and mostly healthy) recipes...

Rex
Jan 31 '01
8:55 am PST

Now there's a review! (Reply to this comment)
by scmrak
Nick, only you could write an illuminating and ultimately fascinating review of a trash can!

Although at that price, I suppose it's more properly a "waste receptacle," eh?

If you want to get off dishwasher duty, I've got a ready stock of simple and quick (and mostly healthy) recipes...

Rex
Jan 31 '01
8:55 am PST

Sounds like my kind of purchase (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
It's really important to have a trash can you can rely on. My wife and I aren't anywhere near getting one like this, but when I screwed up the lid on the very nicest kitchen trash can we've ever owned (acquired, you'll be pleased to know, at a garage sale), repairing it was a top priority even though it was 1:30 in the morning. I didn't want to wake up to a kitchen without a reliable waste receptacle. You're definitely speaking my language.

C-ya,
Mike
Jan 25 '01
2:08 pm PST

Great review!! (Reply to this comment)
by RobinLynn
Nick, leave it to a wonderful writer like you to even make a trash can review so interesting...I've got to check it out . We are thinking about getting rid of our trash compacter which has gotten pretty nasty over the years, and this might be just what we need!
Robin
Jan 08 '01
5:56 pm PST

"And as we all know, you can’t put a price on happiness." (Reply to this comment)
by laryan
Well, sounded like $160 to me, :-D

Trash bags $4.00
Lemon scented stick up for the lid $2.00
Trash can $160.00
A man who takes out the trash without nagging.... priceless.

Great job! I wouldn't mind having one of these.

~Lisa :-D
Jan 07 '01
5:28 pm PST

Re: $160 sounds positively reasonable... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
I do still eat my famous glop...but only when I'm alone. Withstanding the slings and arrows from the rest of the family is too much to bear.

nick
Jan 05 '01
4:17 pm PST

$160 sounds positively reasonable... (Reply to this comment)
by Mr.Eyore
given that on my last trip to Bed Bath & Beyond (or was it Bed & Bath Warehouse?) I saw a standard, though chrome covered, bullet top trash can for $600. SIX HUNDRED BUCK! For a trash can? That's like my drinking and smokes budget for a month.

I envy your life, getting to fix up a beautiful Craftsman and landscape and whatnot on your free time. But you shouldn't deny yourself the occasional joys of mac and cheese with ham and peas. Nor the joys of letting someone else clean up every once in a while.
Jan 05 '01
4:12 pm PST

Gotta get me one of these... (Reply to this comment)
by jazzbocrow
At first it seemed funny to hear a man rave about his trash can, but then I thought about my own husband who believes that the key to a better house and home is finding the right container to put things in. Our home is awash in containers--big giant plastic bins for toys and teeny tiny tupperware for the homemade baby food phase. Now he wants to buy some portfolios for our child's "art." Would that he was satisfied with a single trash recepticle.

Great review.

Jojo
Jan 05 '01
1:29 pm PST

REAL men have dishpan hands... (Reply to this comment)
by arianej
No sissified rubber gloves for you, I like that! I'm the same way, despite my mother's dire warnings about what it will do to my skin.

Never have I read such a compelling review for a trashcan. I still can't quite wrap my brain around the idea of spending $200 for one, but after this epinion, I will find it weirdly tempting. Of course, I will say nothing of this to my husband, who is not a member of Epinions and who would probably suggest I take a break from the computer altogether. ;)

arianej
Jan 05 '01
11:17 am PST

Now I have heard everything... (Reply to this comment)
by murasaki
...even a man waxing poetic over a trash can!

"...would pop up as if freed from Dante’s ninth circle of hell..."--my personal favorite but this review is chock full of good one-liners.

Thanks for the laugh!

--murasaki
Jan 05 '01
9:00 am PST

Sounds like a winner. (Reply to this comment)
by jgibson2
Both the review and your new trash bin.

I gather it keeps the beasts at bay as well. I hide my kitchen trash can in the pantry -- and not because it's ugly, but because my German Shepherd is quite adept at opening it.

Judy
Jan 05 '01
12:09 am PST

Sitting here (Reply to this comment)
by ifif1938
with a grin on my face..Another great review about a trashy subject!
:)
Thanks,
Barbara
Jan 04 '01
3:51 pm PST

Re: Ok, so... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
Spousal units who are not epinion addicts. They just don't understand, do they?

nick
Jan 04 '01
2:05 pm PST

Ok, so... (Reply to this comment)
by hadassahchana
...here's what just happened:

I was sitting here reading your great review, murmuring and saying,"Wow!" under my breath occasionally, when my husband walked in and asked what I was reading. I said,"A really good review of a garbage can."

He just nodded, said,"Oh, how interesting," and backed slowly out of the room.

But it was a great review!

Cindy
Jan 04 '01
2:01 pm PST

Re: Grown up (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
No, no, no.....not a grown up!

Noooooo! I'm melting!

nick
Jan 04 '01
12:16 pm PST

Grown up (Reply to this comment)
by jrk
I recently read a review in which the writer made the observation that you know when you're grown up because you appreciate receiving kitchen appliances for Mother's Day, anniversaries, and other gift-giving occasions. I've never exactly thought of a trash can as an "appliance." It somehow never seemed sophisticated enough for such an appellation--until now, that is. Guess that makes you a grown up, too.
Jan 04 '01
12:07 pm PST

Re: Oh that this too too sullied/solid waste... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
You are too kind...but thanks for the support.

As to the category, I tried to put it in Home & Garden, but there was no category available that was suitable for garbage or trash cans.

Imagine that!

nick

Jan 04 '01
8:12 am PST

Gosh (Reply to this comment)
by RdeCassia
Sounds like something our household could use. Maybe I'll ask for this next holiday season (this is someone whose list this year included a huge shipment of pantyhose so I'll never run out, a potato masher and a food mill. I probably treasure these things more than the jewelry I got, nice as it is.).

What will they think of next? The $150, self-refreshing mechanical toilet brush? Actually, now that I think of it...
Jan 04 '01
8:11 am PST
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