The trash containers at the Brighton millpond are durable and quite handsome as trash cans go. They have a mildly convex lid about a foot above the barrel so you can reach in them to drop your McDonald’s wrapper but the lid prevents rain from filling them. There’s an outward flairing ring of vertical slants around the barrel to prevent critters climbing into them. It was designed by someone who spends too much time at their CAD workstation. They need to visit a public park as the sun sets. They’d see how ingenious raccoons and o’possums can be.
As critter guards, they’re a flop, but their refracted image adds beauty to the icicles hanging from the lid. See the larger image for more detail.