Disney continues to install new solar-powered trash cans with foot pedals throughout World Showcase in EPCOT. The installation began around the entrance to World Showcase and has continued clockwise through the pavilions.

Solar-Powered Trash Cans

The new cans are now available at Refreshment Outpost and the Germany pavilion. The old cans have been removed from these spaces. These are all brown with the World Showcase medallion on the front.

The cans are mostly in pairs — trash and recycling — but we did see one trash can sitting by itself outside Volkskunst. They are designed to be more hygienic with a foot pedal at the bottom that opens the can, so guests don’t have to directly touch the potentially dirty lid.

The openings are smaller than the older cans, and we’ve seen some guests confused about how to open the cans. The black handles on the front are for Cast Members to empty the trash, not for guests to open the can.

The solar panels on top power a trash compactor inside. This means that the cans can hold more trash because everything gets compacted. They are not a flat surface, however, so using the cans as a table top are now much harder.

Disney confirmed the solar-powered cans will be installed throughout Walt Disney World and that Walt Disney Imagineering is helping design them.

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