> You do realize there are multiple trash cans available, right?
Certified for use on 707s? Again, this is not the sort of trash can you have in your office. It'll be rated for fire, it'll be in a special cart that fits into a special locking spot in the plane, it will have been tested to stay in that special locking spot if the plane crashes, etc.
It's like trying to buy Commodore 64 parts at Best Buy. Not going to happen.
Re:The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can
by quickthrowman on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:03PM
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You will not find a trash can in a store that meets the specifications document that defines an acceptable 707 trash can. There aren’t any being made by anyone that fit the precise military specification, so they must be manufactured at very low volumes, which spreads the overhead across far fewer units, resulting in eye-popping unit prices.
You do realize there are multiple trash cans available, right? Some that are metal. Of many different sizes.
It would take less time to go store to store across the country and source 4 trash cans than it would to do this ludicrous process.