I once tried to expense 50 trash can lids to a church. I taught percussion in their music department (this is a very large church), and had a group that played STOMP-style music. Most of our music was performed on trash cans, and a lot of it used lids, as well. While most of the trash cans tended to last for a while, the lids wore out very quickly. After a lot of searching, I finally found a supplier that sold lids separate from cans. Despite the fact that purchasing the lids without cans was a significant savings, I was not able to get the request approved. Unfortunately, the supplier had a minimum order requirement of 50, so we kept having to buy cans and lids together.