In my neighbourhood somebody designed a 3d printable plant holder. These are placed around the underground dumpsters. Please let this become the standard! It looks so pretty. They "hide" the ugly dumpsters.

Any thoughts?

by 2_Minuten_NicX

9 comments

  1. Where i live, they decorate the garbage chute with more garbage, furniture, the odd refrigerator or various car parts. Municipality comes and clears it out like the good city cleaners they are, but i wouldn’t mind if they’d actually do something about the people dumping their crap there…

    Will plants stay put when the garbage truck lifts out the entire thing and bangs it against the truck a couple times to get the last bits of garbage out?

  2. Just wondering how good it stays in place when lifting it. Sometimes it looks like they use it as a big swing.

    Looks better then without

  4. neat. But I’m not sure how good that is when the thing is being emptied

  5. Ah yes these are great!

    My own city has had these for a couple years now and as far as I know are much appreciated by the neighborhood. Of course there is the occasional littering but from my own experience it’s much reduced.

    I haven’t heard of an official evaluation but since they’re still here after 5 years I guess the municipality deemed them useful enough to keep.

    [Dutch article if you’re interested!](https://www.straatbeeld.nl/nieuws/tuintjes-tegen-afval-naast-ondergrondse-containers)

  7. These are so cool! For accessibility reasons I would suggest keeping the entire front without plants/borders. They’ve made a nice gap here, but this could still be an issue for wheelchair users.

    For example I can’t reach that well forward when I’m using my wheelchair, so I would try to get as closely as possible and approach it sideways.

  9. Nice!!
    In the Hague you only find rubbish.. litter and bags full or garbage.

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