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You SF taxpayers paid big money for those sleek new stainless steel (and very pricey) trash can prototypes, so you might as well get your money’s worth and try ‘em all in these final seven days of the feedback period.

In 2018, San Francisco set out to build a better bin. The prototypes are finally ready for action – so we gave them a try

Officials in San Francisco are asking the public to help choose a waste container among several models proposed for deployment in the California city. It is proving to be a costly project. One of the trash cans under consideration cost more than $20,000 and took four years to make.

What takes years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco.

San Francisco began its search for the perfect trash can in 2018.

$20,000 trash cans are the latest addition to San Francisco’s arsenal against its dirty streets.

What takes years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco. The pricey, boxy bin is one of three custom-made trash cans the city is testing this summer as part of its yearslong search for another tool to use against its dirty streets.

A costly, boxy bin is among six trash cans hitting San Franciscos streets this summer in the citys long saga in search of the perfect can.

The city

The pricey, boxy bin is one of three custom-made trash cans the city is testing this summer as part of its yearslong search for another tool to use against its dirty streets.