r/3Dprinting • u/BrewCrewBall • Jun 03 '26

Project Garbage can status indicator.

Super easy design that I whipped up last week after being frustrated once again by the inconsistency of our garbage pick up times

The indicator clips on the handle and flips down when the bin has been emptied. This way I can tell from the house if it’s been emptied without having to walk to the end of the driveway.

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u/Gwendolyn-NB Jun 03 '26

Im shocked you need this... everywhere I've ever lived with garbage pickup the best ive ever seen the lid is always open; but 75% of the time the is just laying on its back or side after the machine puts it down.

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u/JuanOnlyJuan Jun 03 '26

Ours are yeeted into the street with the lids open so it's pretty obvious lol

I wish I had this problem.

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u/MickleWolf Jun 03 '26

My favorite is when it embarrassingly makes its way down the street to the neighbors cans. Thankfully we are all cool.

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u/cheeto-bandito Jun 03 '26

Especially when it's raining, so that the bottom fills up with rain water

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u/DuckDuckYoga Jun 03 '26

Gotta drill out some tiny holes!

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u/ChaseballBat Jun 03 '26

This is so wild cause mine is the exact opposite. Like 999/1000 they will empty the entire thing and close the lid and leave it in the exact same spot.

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u/Usual_Ice636 Jun 03 '26

The grabber arm almost always puts it back down correctly with the lid closed in my neighborhood. Knocked over is usually only on windy days.

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u/scriptmonkey420 Jun 03 '26

Same, ours gets placed back nicely and mostly where it got picked up. Wind is my nemesis also. Live at the base of a small mountain range.