Magical Trash

17 Oct 2024

Welcome new followers! Walt was a #MagicalTrash fan, so you are in great company. 📷🗑️🙂

20h

Oh, so that’s what it’s supposed to be?

Eric Chu@ericthomaschu.bsky.social

Love that this trash can in World Of Disney looks like flat file drawers that animators would have had at the Walt Disney Studios. @magicaltrash.com #Disneyland

Why does this feel like a Temu knockoff?

mike@chiangku.me

New disneyland trash can who dis @magicaltrash.com (world of Disney)

Always remember the wise life choices you made. 🗑️😀

Josh W@mariobones.bsky.social

Nothing has made me evaluate my life choices like buying a Disneyland bin blind box

I totally love cans that are completely detached from reality! 😜🗑️

mike@chiangku.me

Here’s another Disneyland trash fav for @magicaltrash.com

Something historically-familiar at the Illinois Railway Museum, the largest railroad museum in the U.S. RIP Mills Engineering #MagicalTrash

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Disneyland Hourly@disneylandhourly.parkendium.com

📷 Mike Stratton [Source on Parkendium]

My 8th grader is looking for a Disney theme park-related topic for a research paper. He's previously done papers on: - History of EPCOT - History/Conversion of Splash Mountain to whatever it is now Suggestions on topics that have good amount of references for citations? (that rules out trash cans)

3 Sept

Red "Waste" can 👀

Parkendium@parkendium.com

Update: Kodachrome slides from Disneyland's first two months in 1955, collection of Kevin Cartwright (50 assets) mediagraph.io/parkendium/e...

23 Aug

Noooooooooo

The Dude Abides@thedudeabidesman.bsky.social

Become ungovernable

18 Aug

I was really hoping for a Muppets TV pick-up to be announced at D23 ☹️

16 Aug

That whole D23 event and we still have zero theme on WDW's Main Street USA trash cans.

16 Aug

Don't care about boats.

16 Aug

Paris Space Mountain update is a win. Dump that lame Star Wars overlay.

19 July

C’mon, give Mickey some recognition as well.

Belle@fibellefi.bsky.social

Our King

Magical Trash reposted

Hastin

@hastin.net

17 July

My new EPCOT trash can review:

17 July

Sure, it’s Disneyland’s birthday, but here in the Midwest there’s only one castle that truly matters... the Mars Cheese Castle. 🧀🏰

wdwnt.comAre Walt Disney World’s New Garbage Cans Too Complicated for the Average Tourist?<p>After testing, Walt Disney World has been rolling out new solar-powered trash and recycling bins since early June. The new garbage cans are now available at select locations in EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But with their new design, some guests are getting confused. Trash Can Confusion The solar panels on top of … <a title="Are Walt Disney World’s New Garbage Cans Too Complicated for the Average Tourist?" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2026/07/are-walt-disney-worlds-new-garbage-cans-too-complicated-for-the-average-tourist/" aria-label="Read more about Are Walt Disney World’s New Garbage Cans Too Complicated for the Average Tourist?">Read more</a></p>

17 July

I would provide commentary on the American Disney theme park demographic but I’ve chosen to be nice today

WDW News Today@wdwnt.com

Are Walt Disney World’s New Garbage Cans Too Complicated for the Average Tourist?

16 July

Trash cans are open! 👀🗑️

bioreconstruct@bioreconstruct.bsky.social

Lost Continent restrooms are closed and are behind the demolition fence. Health Services still open.

15 July

“The decal gives these units more theming than Magic Kingdom’s debut cans, which arrived in plain, unthemed housing.” Unthemed trash IS the theme of the Magic Kingdom, unfortunately 😡

BlogMickey.com@blogmickey.com

The smart, solar-powered trash cans have started appearing at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Here's a closer look at where to find them, and the theming they have (so far) PHOTOS: blogmickey.com/2026/07/sola...

14 July

It's #TrashCanTuesday. Half-cans are the rarest field sighting in Disney park trash can documentation. Here's one outside Soarin' at Grizzly Peak Airfield, Disney California Adventure, 2025. 🌐 | buff.ly/hpMYwJd 📷 | @thedudeabidesman.bsky.social Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney

Half-cans turn up wherever space runs tight. Queue lines, treehouse walkways, attraction exits. Low profile by design. Easy to miss by default. Disneyland Paris' Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, in full Adventureland motif. 📷 | Kristof Thijs / Photos Magiques. Used by Permission.

14 July

These show up rarely enough that you don't always get a second chance. Be sure to document on sight. 📷 | Cameron Donlon. Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney

Full-sized Grizzly Peak cans split by function. Recycling gets a circular bottle/can cutout and "Please Recycle." Trash gets a standard inlet flap and "Keep Clean." However, today's half-can has the inlet flap. And "Please Recycle" badge. 📷 | Andy Castro at Dateline Disneyland. Used by Permission.

14 July

The half-can didn't get the memo.

12 July

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Disneyland Hourly@disneylandhourly.parkendium.com

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10 July

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Megan@megadis13.dissky.com

So close

10 July

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Disneyland Hourly@disneylandhourly.parkendium.com

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9 July

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8 July

Still one of WDW’s most visually interesting trash cans, this Columbia Harbour House set bridges 2 generations of MK design, pairing modern inlet doors with classic riveted trim. And that logo… no notes. 🌐 | buff.ly/l8IERK5 📷 | @mrepcot.bsky.social Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney

Epcot's American Adventure pavilion now has themed solar-powered compactor cans. The '76 shield design, on a Bigbelly body. It works. 📷 | @laughingplace.com Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #WDW #Epcot

Solar panels sit on the rounded top. That curved profile discourages guests from resting things on it. A reasonable deterrent for a behavior that probably shouldn't need deterring. (Respect the cans, people!)

Progress, apparently, is incremental. 🌐 | buff.ly/VgF6J75

That shield design first appeared in 2017, replacing the original "Waste Please" look that dated to opening day: buff.ly/GrDOzPE The update was a mixed result on standard cans. On a compactor body, it holds up reasonably well.

A few details worth noting: the inlet handle is gone on these updated units. The foot pedal is the sole point of operation. The inlet door is dark blue, matching the can sides, with a simple TRASH label and icon.

It disappeared by early 2025, suggesting a test that didn't stick. The old cans returned : buff.ly/WOTBTJN

But now, mid-2026, they're back! The Germany unit had no theming at all. These American Adventure cans are different. The '76 shield decal is applied to the front, consistent with standard cans in the pavilion. They look like they belong there.

Walt Disney World first tested solar compactors at Epcot in December 2024, placing a Bigbelly unit in the Germany pavilion: buff.ly/7mW7Ulm

Magical Trash reposted

mike

@chiangku.me

6 July

Temple of the Forbidden Eye, Disneyland

6 July

2017 Epcot Food & Wine salt shaker: passport stamps for all 11 World Showcase countries, Morocco oddly marked "Departure Airport," and Norway still rocking Maelstrom ship imagery a year after Frozen took over. 🌐 | buff.ly/PzWQsuT 📷 | @tannerman.tannerworld.com #MagicalTrash #Disney #WDW #Epcot

5 July

Sunday. #MagicalTrash #Disney #WDW #AK

4 July

A quiet moment in Liberty Square, 1978: The Hall of Presidents is just 7 years old and even the original striped trash cans looking sharp. A simple snapshot of early Magic Kingdom charm. Happy Fourth. 🇺🇸 🌐 | buff.ly/7f8YceY 📷 | @retrowdw.bsky.social Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #WDW

26 June

Your eyes may deceive you. 👀

Life got busy, but new trash cans at The Walt Disney Studios area of Disney's Hollywood Studios have a way of clearing the schedule. Let's talk about them. 🧵

This is a recurring theme. Walt Disney World often defaults to designing for a single can in a two-can world. The Waste + Recycling pairing is standard throughout the parks, but this design just didn't account for it.

This could have been an easy win, but fumbled in execution. 🌐 | www.magicaltrash.com/post/8204009... 📷 | @laughingplace.com Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #Photography #Orlando #WDW

Life got busy, but new trash cans at The Walt Disney Studios area of Disney's Hollywood Studios have a way of clearing the schedule. Let's talk about them. 🧵

The cynic in me reads that as a cost-saving move. WDW already has plenty of white can inventory. Slapping new graphics on existing stock is considerably easier than sourcing cans in historically accurate colors.

Second issue: the cans were designed without considering how they'd look as a pair. As illustrated here, the label graphics sit at noticeably different heights. No alignment. No sense they were meant to be seen together.

Life got busy, but new trash cans at The Walt Disney Studios area of Disney's Hollywood Studios have a way of clearing the schedule. Let's talk about them. 🧵

They are... acceptable. You can tell they tried to match the vibe of the original Burbank look.

The graphic is a reasonable approximation, though the original has a slightly heavier font weight and a tighter corner radius on the label border. The bigger difference? Color. The real studio lot cans come in gold, salmon, and cream. Florida got white.