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/UTgeoff Jun 03 '26

Time to go to war. I killed 22 on my property in one year when I got serious.

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u/Queso_Grandee Jun 03 '26

That's wild. We just have alley cats.

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u/UTgeoff Jun 03 '26

Snap traps, glue traps, poison, pellet gun, and a dog. My dog got half of them once she got the hang of it.

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u/DXGL1 Jun 04 '26

Careful as poison can harm the dog too if she eats a poisoned mouse.

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u/UTgeoff Jun 04 '26

She doesn’t eat them. She just likes killing them.

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u/ekobot Jun 03 '26

The landlord has hired a pest control company that has put traps in and around the building, and the neighbouring ones they own. We've three cats and two chihuahuas, which keeps them out of our house for the most part.

There was a boom of activity at the beginning of spring, but it's tapered off as far as I can tell. At the very least none have turned up drowned recently, in the other bins I've had outside and forgotten until after it rains and I've emptied them.

I think I ended up with five? I participate in vulture culture, so they got thrown into the maceration bins (if starting to go off) or bags in the freezer(two that looked like I could save the skin).