The automated ZitA Square trash can was designed with serious consideration across all the senses, including how it feels, looks, and smells.

If you’ve ever visited Japan, you’ll notice something unusual: the absence of public trash cans. Born out of concerns of public safety and connected to a cultural commitment to communal responsibility, the act of disposing of one’s trash is taken with admirable seriousness. Japanese brand ZitA’s automated trash can is an extension of the Japanese attention to disposing of trash thoughtfully within a traditionally inspired design with a few high tech features.
The first thing that stands out is the ZitA Square’s attractive slatted exterior, a surface referencing traditional Japanese plaster walls known as ‘shikkui.’ Traditionally used across the exterior of storehouses and other structures, the plaster made from a mixture of slaked lime and powdered seashells results in surface exuding a warm organic texture. ZitA was not able to use a genuine shikkui treatment, but simulated the effect with a resin to deliver a similar satisfying surface to touch and a completely rectilinear form designed to tuck squarely into any corner or along any surface.
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