(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Kennywood Park)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(West Mifflin, PA) Kennywood stated that it has restored an iconic trash can that has become a fan favorite ahead of the park’s upcoming 2026 season. The park announced yesterday that “Leo the Paper Eating Lion” has undergone an extensive refurbishment project during the offseason and that the iconic trash receptable has gotten a full repainting. Kennywood also confirmed that the popular trash can that features a friendly-looking lion in a circus cage made its debut at the park in 1964 and has been collecting chewing gum wrappers, paper cups, paper napkins and other products made of paper. April 18th, 2026 is when Kennywood is set to open for the new season.