Disney’s new high-tech trash cans could disrupt EPCOT dining tradition

Walt Disney World is testing new solar-powered trash cans at EPCOT that can automatically compact garbage, but their design is disrupting an unusual tradition among some park visitors: using trash cans as tables.The new bins can run on solar power or electricity and are designed to compact waste automatically, allowing them to hold more garbage.How are new trash cans different?

Unlike Disney’s traditional trash cans, however, the new models do not have flat tops. That means visitors can no longer easily place food trays, drinks or other items on them.Using Disney trash cans as makeshift tables began as something of a joke but has become common among some visitors, particularly during busy food festivals, said Tharin White of EYNTK.

info.Theme park expert Jeremiah Good said the practice became popular enough that a small cottage industry developed around it.