Tips and tricks from people with spinal cord injuries (SCI).
Automatic bathroom wastebasket
Wastebasket opens without having to touch it – suitable for people with disabilities
Automatic wastebasket
The wastebasket has an infrared motion detector that detects movement immediately above it, causing the wastebasket to open; after a few seconds it closes again.
Purchased from
In Sweden for example vidaxl.se (last January 2022)
Paid for by
The user
Whose idea
The user’s
Wastebasket with open coverUser ‘opens’ wastebasket by holding her hand close to it
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Tipsare: Karolina
Karolina lives together with her family in a house. She is working part time. She was injured in 2006 and has a tetraplegia (C7). She has 12 hours personal assistance a day.
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