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waste container

container to collect and hold waste pending disposal
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Summary

waste container is a container[1]. It draws 1,921 Wikipedia views per month (container category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Eugène Poubelle[3]
  • Subclass of: bin[4], household supply[5]
  • Commons category: Waste containers[6]
  • Said to be the same as: trash can[7]
  • Unicode character: 🚮[8]
  • Inception: March 7, 1884[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Waste containers[10]
  • Main subject: Q96737642[11]
  • Commons gallery: Waste containers[12]
  • Facet of: waste collection[13], waste management[14]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=waste_disposal[15]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Different from: waste basket[17]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02747177-n[18]
  • Contains: waste[19]

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Physical Characteristics

waste container's UNSPSC code is recorded as 47121702[20].

Why It Matters

waste container has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . planete-echo.net. Retrieved . planete-echo.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_waste-container_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{waste container}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/waste-container}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6465
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19454
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C19454, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → container
    Label in sign language → LL-Q33302 (fsl)-Laura Jauvert-Poubelle.webm
    Inception → —
    Named after → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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