In District Mayor Adrian Fenty’s new City Hall “bullpen” headquarters, something seems to be missing: trash cans. There are no tin receptacles or plastic buckets under the desks, seemingly no place to dump a mountain of garbage amassing by the day.

That is, until you notice the “mini-bins,” 6-inch tall black trash cans placed atop every desk. The tiny cans compel employees to walk to the room’s recycling center and properly dispose of their garbage, or so the theory goes.