Tri3: The Three Tier Space Saving Trashcan

Guisset Constance and Cid Grégory's Tri3 trashcan manages to provide three separate containers in a space saving vertical form, perfect for those of us who like to neatly keep our recyclables separated. The trashcan opens via three foot pedals, one opening the top container's lid, the second horizontally sliding out the middle unit, and the last tilting the bottom container forward...

"The left pedal opens the highest can in a traditional way. This can is for general discarding. A bag dispenser is available here. The middle pedal makes the second can rotate around a decentered axe. This can is for packaging, plastic etc. The right pedal makes the last can move towards the user. The last can is for glas [sic] discarding."

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Comments (14)

Hmm...I wanted this a couple of months ago but I couldn't find it, so I just stacked two cylindrical plastic trash cans from the container store on top of each other and voila! It is good to see that I am not the only one who has thought of it though, and this version benefits from having 3 bins and a lid.

posted by Nancy_Claire on January 14th 2009 at 9:29pm
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I want one! anyone know where to buy?

posted by mfarling on January 14th 2009 at 10:14pm
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I'd like to buy one of these if it's inexpensive enough, but I clicked over and didn't see pricing. What I did see in the final picture was a photo of a roach. Why? Ew!

posted by jplee on January 14th 2009 at 11:26pm
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Is there any place in this Country to buy one? It would be too costly to ship from Paris.

posted by desertflower on January 15th 2009 at 3:14am
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This a cool design, but I feel like I'd be emptying it every five minutes.

posted by carter76 on January 15th 2009 at 8:16am
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Love it! It's not fair to show this to us without telling us how we can buy it!

posted by jooly on January 15th 2009 at 10:12am
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Nancy_Claire
Please explain...do you just lift one off the other or...?

posted by Enamorada on January 15th 2009 at 10:13am
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I love this idea. How can we buy it?

I have a related question. Although I live in an apartment, my coop has several composting bins in the common garden area. We like to save our vegetable scraps, etc., but don't like to go out every night to empty the bin we use. Any ideas on how to remain ecofriendly without being absolutely gross with a container of rotting goods?

posted by carla on January 15th 2009 at 10:22am
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Carla,

I'm not sure how to get around the container of rotting goods. I've got the under sink trash pullout system (old one from ikea). It's got two bins, one in front of the other. The front one I use for garbage, the one near the rear I have my compost-ables. I can go weeks without having to empty mine.

posted by SoSue on January 15th 2009 at 11:43am
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More etherware made of unobtainium...

posted by bepsf on January 15th 2009 at 11:52am
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Carla:

We keep ours in a bag in the freezer and then take them down (in our case to a municipal green bin for composting) when we take out the trash.

posted by piez on January 15th 2009 at 12:26pm
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Great ideas SoSue and bepsf. I'll try out the freezer thing first and then try the other idea if that doesn't work. Thanks!

posted by carla on January 15th 2009 at 1:28pm
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Enamoranda-

Yep, I just lift one off of the other. They have a little lip around the bottom that makes them fit snugly. I have recycling on the bottom and trash on the top. It would be nice to have three bins for sorting the glass, but then the stack would be too tall. As it is it works pretty well.

posted by Nancy_Claire on January 15th 2009 at 3:08pm
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yeah, so what's with the roach?

posted by jakelegs on January 15th 2009 at 4:18pm
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