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Officials in San Francisco are asking the public to help choose a waste container among several models proposed for mass deployment in the California city.
旧金山的官员请求公众帮助从几种拟议在这个加州城市大规模部署的垃圾桶款式中选择一种。
It is proving to be a costly project.
事实证明，这是一项耗资巨大的项目。
One of the trash cans under consideration cost more than $20,000 and took four years to make.
其中一款正在讨论中的垃圾桶的成本超过2万美元，花了四年时间制作。
San Francisco began its search for the perfect public trash can in 2018.
旧金山从2018年开始寻找完美的公共垃圾桶。
Officials decided it was time to replace the more than 3,000 cans that have served the city’s streets for almost 20 years.
官员们决定，是时候更换已经在该市街道上使用了近20年的3000多个垃圾桶了。
The current trash cans open too widely, they say, permitting people to reach in.
他们表示，目前的垃圾桶开口太大，人们很容易伸手进去翻找。
The cans also break a lot, requiring repairs.
这些垃圾桶也经常坏，需要维修。
Sometimes people push them over or mark them with words and pictures.
有时人们会把它们推倒，或者在它们上面写字和涂画。
Sometimes, the cans are set on fire.
有时，垃圾桶会被点燃。
Last month, the city deployed 15 made-to-order trash cans and 11 off-the-shelf trash cans.
上个月，该市部署了15个定制垃圾桶和11个现有款式的垃圾桶。
Attached to each was a QR code from which people could answer questions about the individual can.
每个垃圾桶上都贴着二维码，以供人们回答有关垃圾桶的问题。
The city government project also created interactive maps so people can find the different models to consider.
市政府的这个项目还创建了交互式地图，以便人们可以找到不同款式的垃圾桶来考虑。
The so-called Soft Square model trash can was priced at $20,900, making it the costliest model on the streets.
一款名为“Soft Square”的垃圾桶售价为2.09万美元，是街道上最昂贵的一款垃圾桶。
It is made of light steel.
它是由轻型钢制成的。
A press of a pedal opens the can for hands-free operation.
踩一下脚踏板就可以打开垃圾桶，不用手操作。
It has dividers so waste can be separated from materials for recycling, like aluminum and glass.
它有隔板，这样垃圾就可以从铝和玻璃等回收材料中分离出来。
Another model, called Slim Silhouette, came in at $18,800.
另一款名为Slim Silhouette的垃圾桶的价格为1.88万美元。
It employs a steel design that makes it hard to mark with paint.
它采用了钢材设计，很难用油漆进行涂鸦。
The lowest-priced of the specially-made models cost about $11,000.
这些特制款式中价格最低的垃圾桶的价格约为1.1万美元。
The other trash cans deployed for now cost between $630 and $2,800.
目前部署的其他垃圾桶的价格在630美元到2800美元之间。
City officials say, however, that the government will not pay more than three-thousand per can once a model is chosen for mass production.
然而，市政府官员表示，一旦选择了一款垃圾桶进行大规模生产，政府会把每个垃圾桶的成本控制在3000美元以下。
Beth Rubenstein is a spokeswoman for San Francisco’s Department of Public Works.
贝丝·鲁宾斯坦是旧金山公共工程部的发言人。
“We live in a beautiful city, and we want the trash can to be functional and cost-effective, but it needs to be beautiful,” she said.
她说：“我们生活在一个美丽的城市，我们希望垃圾桶功能齐全、性价比高，但它必须美观。”
But the good looks of the shiny new trash cans have not protected them from vandalism and other disrespect.
但是，新垃圾桶的漂亮外观并没有保护它们免受破坏和污损。
Three weeks after being deployed, several are overflowing, or covered in orange and white graffiti or dirty from coffee spills.
在被安置在街头三周后，其中一些垃圾桶里的垃圾溢出来了，另一些垃圾桶的桶身被橙色和白色的涂鸦覆盖或者被泼溅了咖啡渍。
Diane Torkelson volunteers on a team that removes trash from the streets near her home.
黛安·托克尔森志愿加入了一个清理她家附近街道上垃圾的团队。
She recently visited three of the proposed trash cans.
她最近看见了其中三个拟议中的垃圾桶。
Two were already full when the group arrived to inspect them, she said.
她说，当该团队来检查它们时，其中两个垃圾桶已经满了。
“If the trash can is full, it’s of no use, no matter how well it was designed,” she said.
她说：“如果垃圾桶满了，不管设计得多好，它都毫无用处”。
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