Timon Balloo, James Beard-nominated chef at Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, uses a galvanized garbage can to do his smoking. “I was inspired during the SoBe Wine & Food Festival last year,” he says. “I ...

Guilia Conte walks through downtown Ashland near the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus on Friday, past one of 11 new trash cans. The cans, which cost $4,783 each, feature a solar panel on top, a ...

Downtown Ashland’s new curbside trash cans feature eye-catching designs, trash compactors inside and a solar panel on top to power things. They also come with a bit of sticker shock, at $4,783 each.