Short answer: yes, but not usually in the way you might expect. Dedicated menstrual product disposal bins are common in public restrooms, but ordinary urban trash cans are rarely designed specifically for period waste. In practice, the specialized bins you’ll see in cities are usually inside women’s restrooms, accessible stalls, family restrooms, schools, offices, and transit stations. They’re small lined containers—often with a hands-free lid and clear signage—meant for sanitary pads, tampons, and wrappers. Some cities and venues have piloted more visible period-waste bins in public toilets, but a typical street trash can is a general-waste bin, not a menstrual-product disposal unit.
If you’re out and about, check the stall or the accessible/family restroom first. If there’s no dedicated bin, wrap the product in paper or a wrapper and put it in a general trash can—don’t flush it. From a design view, dedicated bins make sense because they reduce odor, improve hygiene for cleaners, and encourage proper disposal. So: dedicated bins exist, yes, but they’re mostly restroom fixtures rather than specially designed urban street trash cans.