PUSH's Registered Trademark was originally applied for in 1996, then was renewed by Deutsch's company "Real Simple Ideas, LLC.
"[1] On February 10, 2014, despite a social media campaign particularly on Twitter using the hashtag "#savePUSH",[2] Push the Talking Trash Can was retired at Walt Disney World.
The transmitter is hidden inside a shoulder strapped gym bag, while the microphone is held at the mouth of the puppeteer, concealed in the hand.
The bin's regular steel liner hid the radio control system, a plastic trash bag over it on the inside.
[5] Since 1958, the Dutch theme park De Efteling in Kaatsheuvel has had similar recycling bins named and designed after the fairy tale character Hollow Bulging Gijs (Holle Bolle Gijs), a young boy who continuously shouts for "more food" and sucks up garbage thrown into his mouth.