CityPainter
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I saw a big flatbed truck a couple weeks ago on King West, which was half full of these shiny new black bins and half full of the old dirty bulbous ones that had just been removed. I was so happy I took pictures of the truck with my phone, to the puzzlement of those on the streetcar beside me. These new ones look much more sensible in every way, from the fact that they are square and not uselessly rounded, the fact that they are black and hence less likely to show stains, the fact that they don't have a breakable pedal mechanism, and the fact that they have only two holes to choose from rather than three (besides, everyone throws all kinds of waste into all the holes no matter what is "supposed" to go in there anyway.)
A new type of bin is replacing the ugly Toys R Us plastic bins. I like these:
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They're made of metal and match the newspaper boxes and other street furniture design in this program. The round garbage bins never seemed to fit in, and now it looks like they'll be gone. The new bins don't have pedals or flaps to break. The holes are small enough that racoons won't fit in but I won't be surprised if a squirrel is found in there every now and then.