Garbage cans are a common everyday object that most people don’t think twice about. However, they can actually be quite fascinating when you take a closer look! Here are 51 riddles that will really make you think about the humble garbage can in a new light. Test your trash knowledge and see how many you can get right!
Riddles about garbage can colors
Garbage cans come in all different colors. The color is usually chosen by the city or company providing the can. Let’s see how colorfully you can think about garbage cans!
Riddle 1
Q: Why was the garbage can feeling blue?
A: Because it was full of blues clues!
Riddle 2
Q: What do you call a garbage can that skips all the time?
A: A hoppy green bin!
Riddle 3
Q: Why was the silver garbage can feeling under the weather?
A: Because it had the tin can blues!
Riddle 4
Q: Why was the garbage can mad at its friend?
A: Because it was giving it the cold shoulder!
Riddle 5
Q: What did the red garbage can say to the blue one?
A: I’m feeling a little down today!
Riddle 6
Q: Why was the yellow garbage can acting stubborn?
A: It was being yellow-bellied about taking out the trash!
Riddle 7
Q: What did the green garbage can say when asked to take out the trash?
A: “That’s rubbish!”
Riddles about garbage can shapes
Garbage cans come in all shapes and sizes. Let’s see how cleverly you can think about the shapes of garbage cans!
Riddle 8
Q: Why was the round garbage can feeling dizzy?
A: It was getting spun around by the garbage truck!
Riddle 9
Q: What did the square garbage can say to the circle one?
A: Don’t go around me!
Riddle 10
Q: Why was the rectangular garbage can feeling stretched?
A: Its sides were being pulled by all the heavy trash inside!
Riddle 11
Q: What did the oval garbage can say to the square one?
A: Quit getting edgy with me!
Riddle 12
Q: Why was the cylindrical garbage can rolling away?
A: It wanted to make a clean getaway from being emptied!
Riddle 13
Q: What did the cone-shaped garbage can say to the cube one?
A: Let’s talk trash!
Riddles about garbage can materials
Garbage cans are made out of all kinds of materials from plastic to metal to recycled materials. Let’s take out the trash on these material riddles!
Riddle 14
Q: Why did the plastic garbage can get sent to the doctor?
A: It was feeling easily crushed and needed help!
Riddle 15
Q: What did the rubber garbage can say when the metal one dented it?
A: That bruises me!
Riddle 16
Q: Why is the aluminum garbage can such a smooth operator?
A: Because it always foils the trash plan!
Riddle 17
Q: What did the stainless steel garbage can say to the rusty one?
A: Feeling oxidized are we?
Riddle 18
Q: Why does the wooden garbage can have so many splinters?
A: It has a lot of garbage piling up on its lid!
Riddle 19
Q: What did the ceramic garbage can say to the plastic one?
A: I refuse to crack under pressure!
Riddles about garbage can lids and openings
The lids and openings of garbage cans allow you to put trash in and take it out. Let’s pop the tops off these lid and opening riddles!
Riddle 20
Q: Why was the garbage can lid down in the dumps?
A: It kept getting slammed shut!
Riddle 21
Q: Why was the garbage can opening stretched wide?
A: So much trash was going in, it needed room!
Riddle 22
Q: What did the broken garbage can lid say to the can?
A: I’m flipping my top over all this trash!
Riddle 23
Q: Why was the oval-shaped opening of the garbage can getting slimy?
A: All kinds of drips were coming out of the trash inside!
Riddle 24
Q: What did the garbage can with the missing lid say?
A: I’m really in over my head here!
Riddle 25
Q: Why was the garbage can lid down in the mouth?
A: It had a bad taste from all the trash inside!
Riddles about garbage can sizes
Garbage cans range in size from little bathroom cans to big industrial dumpsters. Let’s take out the trash on these size riddles!
Riddle 26
Q: Why was the 10 gallon garbage can upset?
A: It felt dwarfed by the huge dumpster next to it!
Riddle 27
Q: What did the 20 gallon garbage can say to the 5 gallon one?
A: I’ve got way more capacity for trash than you!
Riddle 28
Q: Why does the 50 gallon garbage can need help?
A: It’s overloaded with a week’s worth of trash!
Riddle 29
Q: What did the 3 gallon garbage can say to the 30 gallon one?
A: I’m wasting away while you indulge in trash!
Riddle 30
Q: Why does the humongous dumpster smell so bad?
A: It’s filled with a month’s worth of stinky trash!
Riddle 31
Q: What did the tiny bathroom garbage can say to the garage one?
A: I only hold bits and pieces of trash!
Riddles about garbage can placement
Garbage cans are positioned in certain spots, like inside the home or along the curb. Let’s take out these tricky placement riddles!
Riddle 32
Q: Why was the kitchen garbage can grumbling?
A: It didn’t like being stuck under the sink!
Riddle 33
Q: What did the roadside garbage can say during rush hour?
A: I’m getting dumped on over here!
Riddle 34
Q: Why does the office garbage can need a vacation?
A: It is stuffed to the brim with hectic work trash each day!
Riddle 35
Q: What did the bedroom garbage can tell the bathroom one?
A: At least you don’t have to deal with stinky socks every day!
Riddle 36
Q: Why does the backyard garbage can smell so bad?
A: It’s filled with fragrant garden clippings and food scraps!
Riddle 37
Q: What did the garage garbage can say to the one on the curb?
A: Get ready for the noisy truck to come get you tomorrow!
Riddles about garbage can fullness
Garbage cans always seem to fill up so quickly! Let’s take out the trash with these riddles about full garbage cans.
Riddle 38
Q: Why was the garbage can so grumpy?
A: It was fed up with being overfilled every week!
Riddle 39
Q: What did the brimming garbage can say to the empty one?
A: Come help me out, I’m spilling over here!
Riddle 40
Q: Why does the stuffed garbage can have flies around it?
A: All the food scraps inside are stinking up the place!
Riddle 41
Q: What did the crammed garbage can tell its owner?
A: I need to take out the trash more than once a week!
Riddle 42
Q: Why was the overflowing garbage can about to pop its lid?
A: It was filled to maximum capacity!
Riddle 43
Q: What did the bursting garbage can say to the one with room left?
A: Help, I can’t handle all this extra trash!
Riddles about garbage can weight
Those garbage cans sure get heavy once you fill them up! Let’s use our brainpower on these weighty riddles.
Riddle 44
Q: Why was the garbage man grunting and groaning?
A: The can he picked up was stuffed with heavy wet trash!
Riddle 45
Q: What did the sore garbage can say to its owner?
A: Ouch, don’t overload me with so much weight next week!
Riddle 46
Q: Why did the garbage can’s bottom bulge out?
A: Too much heavy trash was crammed inside!
Riddle 47
Q: What happened when the overweight garbage can got emptied?
A: It felt so light, it almost blew away!
Riddle 48
Q: Why was the garbage can moaning and creaking?
A: It was stuffed to the max with heavy wet trash!
Riddle 49
Q: What made the metal garbage can get a big dent?
A: Someone stuffed a super heavy object on top of the rest of the trash!
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed exercising your mind on these 51 riddles about the unassuming garbage can! They require looking at the everyday object in new creative and amusing ways. Garbage cans are very useful items we often take for granted. So next time you throw away trash in one, appreciate how essential they are for keeping our homes and environment clean!
Here’s a quick recap of all 51 garbage can riddles:
Riddles about garbage can colors
1. Why was the garbage can feeling blue?
2. What do you call a garbage can that skips all the time?
3. Why was the silver garbage can feeling under the weather?
4. Why was the garbage can mad at its friend?
5. What did the red garbage can say to the blue one?
6. Why was the yellow garbage can acting stubborn?
7. What did the green garbage can say when asked to take out the trash?
Riddles about garbage can shapes
8. Why was the round garbage can feeling dizzy?
9. What did the square garbage can say to the circle one?
10. Why was the rectangular garbage can feeling stretched?
11. What did the oval garbage can say to the square one?
12. Why was the cylindrical garbage can rolling away?
13. What did the cone-shaped garbage can say to the cube one?
Riddles about garbage can materials
14. Why did the plastic garbage can get sent to the doctor?
15. What did the rubber garbage can say when the metal one dented it?
16. Why is the aluminum garbage can such a smooth operator?
17. What did the stainless steel garbage can say to the rusty one?
18. Why does the wooden garbage can have so many splinters?
19. What did the ceramic garbage can say to the plastic one?
Riddles about garbage can lids and openings
20. Why was the garbage can lid down in the dumps?
21. Why was the garbage can opening stretched wide?
22. What did the broken garbage can lid say to the can?
23. Why was the oval-shaped opening of the garbage can getting slimy?
24. What did the garbage can with the missing lid say?
25. Why was the garbage can lid down in the mouth?
Riddles about garbage can sizes
26. Why was the 10 gallon garbage can upset?
27. What did the 20 gallon garbage can say to the 5 gallon one?
28. Why does the 50 gallon garbage can need help?
29. What did the 3 gallon garbage can say to the 30 gallon one?
30. Why does the humongous dumpster smell so bad?
31. What did the tiny bathroom garbage can say to the garage one?
Riddles about garbage can placement
32. Why was the kitchen garbage can grumbling?
33. What did the roadside garbage can say during rush hour?
34. Why does the office garbage can need a vacation?
35. What did the bedroom garbage can tell the bathroom one?
36. Why does the backyard garbage can smell so bad?
37. What did the garage garbage can say to the one on the curb?
Riddles about garbage can fullness
38. Why was the garbage can so grumpy?
39. What did the brimming garbage can say to the empty one?
40. Why does the stuffed garbage can have flies around it?
41. What did the crammed garbage can tell its owner?
42. Why was the overflowing garbage can about to pop its lid?
43. What did the bursting garbage can say to the one with room left?
Riddles about garbage can weight
44. Why was the garbage man grunting and groaning?
45. What did the sore garbage can say to its owner?
46. Why did the garbage can’s bottom bulge out?
47. What happened when the overweight garbage can got emptied?
48. Why was the garbage can moaning and creaking?
49. What made the metal garbage can get a big dent?
