Abstract: A refuse container for receiving refuse being mountable to a stable surface such as wall or a ground surface comprising: an anchoring structure; an anchoring structure-to-stable surface attachment for solidly attaching the anchoring structure to said stable surface; a protective casing defining an enclosed casing volume, and defining a casing aperture for allowing the refuse to be inserted into the casing volume; a casing-to-anchoring structure releasable attachment for releasably attaching the protective casing to the anchoring structure; an open top refuse receptacle mounted within the casing volume and positioned so as to receive the refuse when dropped into the casing volume from the casing aperture; a theft prevention means for selectively preventing the detachment of the protective casing from the anchoring structure and selectively preventing the withdrawal of the refuse receptacle from the casing volume.