The city’s Public Works Department announced today that the “Slim Silhouette” model will be the new public trash can. The silvery-gray bin, made from stainless steel pipes, with a curved top, is meant ...

The Slim Silhouette competed against three off-the-shelf trash cans and two other custom-designed prototypes -- including the design that caused national criticism for its initial $20,000 price tag.

A worker cleans around one of San Francisco's "Slim Silhouette" trash cans, which hit a snag in a key committee on Monday en route to their citywide implementation.

In 2018, San Francisco’s Department of Public Works began a quest to find a new city trash can. Nearly six years and more than $500,000 later, the chosen design still isn’t on the city’s ...

The city tested several designs to replace the current cans, one of which cost nearly $21,000. The department claims the final cost for this new design will be between $2,000 and $3,000 after ...

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