We needed some way to deal with small amounts of trash inside our Scout, and another method for dealing with floppy, annoying trash bags outside our Aliner.

Photo of an open Aliner door showing a white
plastic trash can attached to the inside of the door.
A red ripstop banner with embroidered patches
is on the side of the camper; a red fire extinguisher
is just inside the door opening, and a large picture
window is slightly visible in the back of the cabin.

It proved strangely difficult to find a small-ish, rectangular, trash can, and I don´t remember where this one came from, but the small garbage bags we use fit inside, so we went with it initially.

I attached two metal 3M hooks to the inside of the door, and then spent a huge amount of time clawing two slots one on one side of a plastic trash can so that it could sit on the hooks.

We use metal office clips, one on each side, to hold the liner in place. When we´re on-site during the day, we lift the basket off the hooks, and keep it by the picnic table, where it´s easy to use. At night, it goes back on the door.

Photo of a white plastic trash can set onto
hooks inside an Aliner camper door.

I was surprised at how little the trash can interfered with using the door, but we make very little trash, and I really wanted a basket with a smaller profile.

When I ran into the right size at a store closing, I snapped it up. It takes the same liner, with the same clips, as larger ones, but is notably more discreet, and still big enough for our minimal needs.

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