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Tubelor Trash Can

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The Tubelor two-piece trash can has definitely been making the rounds on the design sites. The design takes advantage of discarded plastic bags and attractively puts them to re-use as small garbage bags. The colorful outer cover keeps the bag in place and hides it from view. The Tubelor recently won the 2008 iF product design award...

 
 

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so we expect to see it available soon in the United States. The Japanese company responsible for the design, Ideaco, sells it for 3.300 Yen (about $30). International Forum Design Hannover is . Via: swissmiss, Core77 and MoCoLoco.

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Yes, please hurry up and get over here to the states. me wantee. Two of 'em!

posted by ridge_van_winkle on February 1st 2008 at 9:14am
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I really like the idea, although I'd prefer a rectangular/oval shape so that it could lay flush beside a vertical surface.

We use grocery bags as trash can liners, but we're living with the eyesore of seeing the trashbag poke over the top. I dislike the trash cans that just have a hiding lip b/c it's a pain to stuff the grocery bag underneath the lip. This seems like an easier-to-use solution.

posted by ami on February 1st 2008 at 9:14am
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I love it!

posted by Michael W. on February 1st 2008 at 9:16am
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i wanna buy this right now...it's so perfect for what i've been looking for...can you alert us when it becomes available?

posted by kdkaboom on February 1st 2008 at 9:19am
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I can see using this on the kitchen counter during food prep.

posted by Lori on February 1st 2008 at 9:32am
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about time someone designed for the grocery bag liner.

posted by Signe on February 1st 2008 at 9:36am
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I love this and I need it...but will it encourage me to keep getting plastic bags at the grocery store?

that's partly a rhetorical question since I need them anyway for cat litter, and I buy plastic garbage bags for the kitchen. So I guess it's better not to do the latter and keep getting the plastic bags at the grocery....until they start charging me for them.

life in the 21st C. So fraught with decisions.

posted by Charlotte on February 1st 2008 at 9:46am
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I want this for my kitchen.... love it!

posted by BrookeinBoston on February 1st 2008 at 9:51am
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What a great idea. I'm with ami, too bad there isn't a rectangular version.

posted by eskay on February 1st 2008 at 9:57am
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Love it, but I am also moving away from getting the plastic bags, especially now that Whole Foods is phasing them out. I am gong to start buying Seventh Generation recycled plastic bags, so I will be looking for a new can.

posted by ValHalla on February 1st 2008 at 10:04am
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Hey hey hey, now this is a great design. I never use bags in my trash bins because they are unsightly but now, I can use a bag!! Oh joy, oh rapture!

posted by orangejuce on February 1st 2008 at 10:09am
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i love these....but would want one with a lid

posted by sowhatsnewtoday on February 1st 2008 at 10:24am
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Second the lid idea--to keep the cats out.

posted by moema on February 1st 2008 at 10:49am
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Please, please alert us when these are available in the US. My mom has a trash can in every room of her beautiful house with grocery bags in them. It looks awful. This would make a great gift for her.

posted by emhoop on February 1st 2008 at 11:04am
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I've always used old plastic bags as trash bags... it doesn't look great, but it's been efficient. And trash mostly gets stowed under the counters...

Is there a solution to actually disposing of garbage without using plastic bags (purchased, recycled or otherwise?). I've been stumped because no alternative seems sanitary; but these days, lots of markets are phasing out the plastic (which is great for the environment) and I've been using reusable shopping bags, but sometimes, I just get them anyways, because how the heck do you get rid of garbage in a eco-sensitive manner?

And, I do recycle everything I can and keep garbage down to a minimum; so, as a result, of course, the stuff in the trash is the really nasty stuff you just need to get rid of. Enough said, eh?

posted by fugitiverouge on February 1st 2008 at 11:28am
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genius!

posted by SD913 on February 1st 2008 at 11:36am
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this is great, even if you don't use them with grocery bags, necessarily. it could be used with any of the eyesore hefty/glad bags. can't wait 'til they become available.

posted by boomtown! on February 1st 2008 at 11:47am
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I must have this!

my cat likes to lick and bite down on the bags i use for my current living room bin. if i don't load the bag correctly, he gets a hold of it and yanks it from the bin and licks away. A cute but naughty habit!

posted by *heather leaf* on February 1st 2008 at 12:45pm
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this exists...but isn't very attractive:

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=70652&PRODID=10011900

posted by kdkaboom on February 1st 2008 at 1:54pm
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OXO used to make a rectangular one called the cover can, in grey or white. Amazon still has some for $24.99.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hg/102-4159075-9965734?url=search-alias%3Dgarden&field-keywords=oxo cover can&x=13&y=18

posted by Stewart on February 1st 2008 at 3:18pm
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Let's try that link again...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hg/102-4159075-9965734?url=search-alias%3Dgarden&field-keywords=oxo cover can&x=13&y=18

posted by Stewart on February 1st 2008 at 3:33pm
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This is an awesome little product. As soon as I'm in my new place I'm buying one.

posted by NathanSE on February 2nd 2008 at 6:38pm
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This is very similar to the trash can that was part of the Philippe Starck line for Target several years ago.

posted by jon (in Columbus) on February 4th 2008 at 4:31am
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i wish they make it bigger. alot bigger...

posted by ryumama on November 6th 2009 at 1:27pm
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