Crush it if it is metal. Cut it up if plastic. You could also put a note on it; "To the Garbage man, this garbage can is garbage so take it if you can."
my old cans had wheels on them and handles that lock the lids down. well that lasted all of a monthe before the garbage men busted the wheels and the handles off of them. so now all you have is a big smoothe barrle with no handles. you have to bear hug then to lift them. so what i do is let the garbage rot in the damn thing for about month and let them get good and ripe. then they have to bear hug that ***** up close to their face. serves them right for bustin up my new cans.
In the UK we have wheelie bins and they are the council's property so if the bin men break it you ring up the council and they'll either repair it or buy you a new bin.
Here is Australia we have the added problem of trying to throw boomerangs away. And, if anyone is curious, a boomerang that doesn't come back is called a stick.
why would you want to do that?, yes you probably could but you would have to throw it really hard and fast and also be accurate, but then it will probably come back and cut off your own head