Hygiene science, product education, real-world use, and how-to guides on trash can hygiene and the surfaces you touch every day.
Hygiene Science
A study of common household trash can handles found over 400 bacteria per square inch. Here's what's living on the surface you touch every day.
Product Comparison
Touchless trash cans solve a real problem at the wrong price. Here's how a sticker-on handle does the same job for less than the cost of dinner.
Hygiene Science
Studies have mapped which kitchen surfaces carry the most bacteria. The trash can lid usually doesn't make the list. It should.
Hygiene Science
The path from a trash lid to your dinner is shorter than you think. Here's how cross-contamination works and how to break the chain.
Real-World Use
What we learned from two years of SafeHandle in active restaurants — what works, what fails, and what surprised us.
Hygiene Science
An uncovered trash can next to a hand dryer is doing something you don't want to know about. Here's the research, and what to do.
For Families
Kids drop wrappers in the can, touch the lid, and then touch their face. Here's the simplest way to break that loop.
For Families
For elderly adults, hand hygiene matters more and physical effort matters more. Trash can lids hit both. Here's how to think about it.
How To
Step-by-step installation of SafeHandle on a swing-door trash can. Sixty seconds, no drill, no replacement parts.
Product Comparison
A comparison of the three main approaches to non-contact trash use, with what each one is good at and where each one falls short.
Product Education
Modern industrial adhesives are remarkable. Here's why SafeHandle holds for years, and what the rare cases of failure look like.
Hygiene Science
Most kitchen hygiene effort goes to the obvious spots. The ones with the most bacteria are often the ones you never think about.
Hygiene Science
Watch anyone try to use a public trash can without touching it. The result is rarely clean. Here's the behavior pattern, and what to do about it.
For Businesses
The mess on the floor around a trash can comes from people not wanting to touch the lid. For businesses, that's a slip-and-fall lawsuit waiting to happen.
Product Education
The yellow tip on every SafeHandle is treated with antibacterial agents. Here's what that means, what it does, and what it doesn't do.