How about cut up some recycle boxes, and glue the plastic on
with Liquid Nails?

More seriously, call for replacement is the best idea going.

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"Frnak McKenney"
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Do you have any suggestions for repairing an old-ish
city-provided
"supercan"? This is one of those large green plastic cans
with
wheels, a hinged black lid, and bolted-on tubing that is
designed to
be lifted by the city trash collection trucks. I'm not
certain what
kind of plastic it is, but it's thick-ish (1/8"?), flexible,
and I'm
assuming it's some sort of polyethylene.

For the most part the can is in great shape, but through a
couple of
decades of being dragged rather than rolled the bottom front
has
worn through. Since the abrasion is pretty much limited to
the
front and a bit on the sides it hasn't started letting bags
and
stuff drop out as it's being rolled, but I assume that will
eventually happen.

My first thought was sheet aluminium (Metal Content!!)
tacked on
with pop rivets, and the bottom portion doubled over to add
a bit
more wear protection. However, I'm concerned with how
aluminium
would react with garbage leakage -- it might get eaten
through
faster by organics than pavement weares it away.

I also have to be careful not to obstruct the "pickup" path
up the
front of the can.

A smarter person would have called the Richmond DPU months
ago, but
I look at it and see how much of it is still in good shape,
and I
put off calling. I haven't had any luck finding sheet poly
at the
local Home Depot or Lowes.

Any ideas? Or is this a Complete Waste of Time?


Frank McKenney
--
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formulation
is deciding if their "optimal" comes within the bounds of
your
"good enough". -- Tim Wescott, in a comp.dsp
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Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
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