Trash

Trash are items in the Animal Crossing series that can be caught while fishing. There are three types of trash that can be caught in every game: the Boot (known as the Old Shoe in Animal Crossing), the Empty Can, and the Old Tire (known simply as the Tire in Animal Crossing). In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they cannot be sold for any Bells and mostly just take up pocket space. They, like Rafflesia and rotten turnips, can be used to attract flies. If dropped on the ground, trash will decrease the environment rating. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, trash can be sold and used for various DIY recipes.

Appearances

Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+

In Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, trash is rarer than in the other games. When pulled from the water, each trash item has the unique appearance, though when dropped, all types of trash appear as a pile of garbage.

Animal Crossing: Wild World

A player catching a Boot in Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, trash is much more commonly encountered. Trash cannot appear in the recycling bin.

Animal Crossing: City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, trash is uncommon. It serves the same purpose as in previous games.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, trash stays largely the same as in Wild World and City Folk, though an 80 Bell fee is required to dispose of it when selling, instead of it being free. Once the player acquires a trash bin from a public works project or by gift or purchase, the bin can be used to remove the trash without a fee. Other players can also use the trash bin inside another player's house to remove the trash. If the Beautiful Ordinance is in effect, trash will not appear. Additionally, fishing out trash and disposing of it at Re-Tail increases the approval rating.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the player is no longer charged for trash disposal and can sell Boots, Empty Cans and Old Tires for 10 Bells each. Several DIY recipes incorporate trash into them, making trash more useful besides simply attracting flies or affecting the town/island rating. An example of such incorporation is a pair of Recycled Boots. Upon catching a boot for the first time, the player mentions that they "could probably wear these if [they] found another boot," and that they have "an idea for a DIY recipe!" Catching various pieces of trash will allow the player to learn DIY recipes that use trash.

DIY Recipes

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are various DIY recipes that use trash. All of these recipes can be obtained by catching varying amounts of trash.

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Image	Obtained From	Materials	Item Size	Item Sell
Garbage-Heap Flooring		Fishing	2× Empty Can 2× Boot 2× Old Tire		120 Bells
Garbage-Heap Wall		Fishing	2× Empty Can 2× Boot 2× Old Tire		120 Bells
Lunar Rover		Celeste	10× Star Fragment 10× Iron Nugget 4× Old Tire		12,580 Bells
Recycled-Can Thumb Piano		-	1× Empty Can 1× Wood 1× Iron Nugget		890 Bells
Recycled Boots		Fishing	2× Boot		40 Bells
Succulent Plant		-	10× Clump of Weeds 1× Empty Can		220 Bells
Trash Bags		-	1× Empty Can 1× Boot 1× Old Tire		60 Bells

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Disposal

There are several ways to dispose of trash:

1. The player can send it as a gift to a neighbor. They will accept trash as they would any other gift and often give something useful in return.
2. The player can send it to a friend's town.

Prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf

1. The player can go to Tom Nook and sell it to him. He will say that he is unable to buy it, but he can dispose it.
2. The player can sell Tom Nook the trash along with the other item(s). Nook will make no mention about the trash.
3. The player can dispose it in the Recycling Bin or Town Dump, and it will be gone by the next pickup time.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

1. The player can sell it to Reese at Re-Tail. She will say that she is unable to buy it, but can dispose it for a fee of 80 Bells.
2. The player can dispose the trash by putting it in the trash can (after unlocking and building the trash can by public works project or if there is a trash can in any player's home).

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

1. The player can sell it to Timmy and Tommy at Nook's Cranny for 10 Bells.
2. The player can use trash in their DIY recipes in order to craft furniture or items.
3. The player can dispose the trash to a trash can furniture (e.g. Trash Bin).

Quotes

Boot

"You caught an old shoe! Gross! Put your foot down and say NO to littering!" —Animal Crossing

"I caught a boot! Keep our waters clean!" —Wild World

"I caught a boot! I hope someone lost this and DIDN'T TOSS IT HERE!!!" —City Folk

"I caught a boot! Now where's your mate?" —New Leaf

"I caught a boot! It, uh, wasn't made for swimming." —New Horizons

I caught a boot! It, uh, wasn't made for swimming.

Empty Can

"You caught an empty can! Nasty! You can't throw it back in!" —Animal Crossing

"I caught an empty can! You CAN't litter!" —Wild World

"I caught an empty can! This isn't a can... it's a CAN't!" —City Folk

"I caught an empty can! Aw, maaaan..." —New Leaf

"I caught an empty can! Aren't you supposed to catch the fish before you can it?" —New Horizons

I caught an empty can! Aren't you supposed to catch the fish before you can it?

Old Tire

"You caught a tire! Blech! Roll on over to the dump and drop it off!" —Animal Crossing

"I caught an old tire! Did this come from Gracie's car?!" —Wild World

"I caught an old tire! Whose car did this come from?" —City Folk

"I caught an old tire! It was just treading water..." —New Leaf

"I caught an old tire! I sure am tired of that!" —New Horizons

I caught an old tire! I sure am tired of that!

Gallery

Boot

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  Animal Crossing

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  Animal Crossing: Wild World

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Storage)

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Inventory)

Empty Can

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  Animal Crossing

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  Animal Crossing: Wild World

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Storage)

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Inventory)

Old Tire

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  Animal Crossing

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  Animal Crossing: Wild World

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  Animal Crossing: City Folk

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Storage)

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Inventory)

Miscellaneous

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  Animal Crossing

Names in other languages

Vieux pneu, botte, boîte vide

Old tire, boot, empty box

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