Trash

Trash
There are three types of trash in Animal Crossing: City Folk (any others?). They are all obtained by fishing, and they take the form of a fish shadow when seen in the water. The three types of trash are:

1. Can

2. Old Tire

3. Boot

Function in game
The only significant function of these items are their attractiveness to flies. If one drops trash on the ground outside, and returns to it later, one may see one or more flies buzzing around the trash. One may then catch the fly, obviously.

Disposal
There are a few ways to rid oneself/one's town of trash:

1. Go to Tom Nook and sell it to him. He'll tell you that he can't buy it, but can dispose of it for you. Accept, and he'll take it off your hands.

2. Go to Tom Nook with something you're willing to sell and your trash. Sell him the trash along with your other item(s). Tom won't mention anything about the trash. Useful if you catch a tire while stocking up on fish to sell and don't want to waste time ridding yourself of the trash seperately from the fish.

3. Put it in the Recycling Bin, and it will be gone by the next pickup time.

4. Send it as a gift to one of your neighbors. They'll accept trash as they would any other gift, and often give you something useful in return. This is the most sensible solution.

5. Send it to a friend's town, making it his/her burden.