While the paint canisters are definitely a doozy, I've successfully disposed of "weird" things by offering them to the masses via FreeCycle and Craigslist's "free" section. Someone is guaranteed to show up at your home in order to pick up the most useless of objects. I've given away awkwardly sized furniture, old barely working TVs, and other such crap. The capacity of humans to scramble for trash is truly breathtaking.
