diff --git a/core/css.js b/core/css.js
index ebb6cc2fb..85f677907 100644
--- a/core/css.js
+++ b/core/css.js
@@ -31,23 +31,6 @@
 goog.provide('Blockly.Css');
 
 
-/**
- * List of cursors.
- * @enum {string}
- */
-Blockly.Css.Cursor = {
-  OPEN: 'handopen',
-  CLOSED: 'handclosed',
-  DELETE: 'handdelete'
-};
-
-/**
- * Current cursor (cached value).
- * @type {string}
- * @private
- */
-Blockly.Css.currentCursor_ = '';
-
 /**
  * Has CSS already been injected?
  * @type {boolean}
@@ -105,7 +88,7 @@ Blockly.Css.inject = function(hasCss, pathToMedia) {
 /**
  * Set the cursor to be displayed when over something draggable.
  * See See https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/981 for context.
- * @param {Blockly.Css.Cursor} _cursor Enum.
+ * @param {*} _cursor Enum.
  * @deprecated April 2017.
  */
 Blockly.Css.setCursor = function(_cursor) {
diff --git a/core/trashcan.js b/core/trashcan.js
index 521f9af25..98af6c1ca 100644
--- a/core/trashcan.js
+++ b/core/trashcan.js
@@ -46,15 +46,8 @@ Blockly.Trashcan = function(workspace) {
   this.workspace_ = workspace;
 
   /**
-   * True if the trashcan contains blocks, otherwise false.
-   * @type {boolean}
-   * @private
-   */
-  this.hasBlocks_ = false;
-
-  /**
-   * A list of Xml (stored as strings) representing blocks "inside" the trashcan.
-   * @type {Array}
+   * A list of XML (stored as strings) representing blocks in the trashcan.
+   * @type {!Array.<string>}
    * @private
    */
   this.contents_ = [];
@@ -90,7 +83,7 @@ Blockly.Trashcan = function(workspace) {
     }
     this.flyout_ = new Blockly.VerticalFlyout(flyoutWorkspaceOptions);
   }
-  this.workspace_.addChangeListener(this.onDelete_());
+  this.workspace_.addChangeListener(this.onDelete_.bind(this));
 };
 
 /**
@@ -433,7 +426,7 @@ Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.close = function() {
  * Inspect the contents of the trash.
  */
 Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.click = function() {
-  if (!this.hasBlocks_) {
+  if (!this.contents_.length) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -449,10 +442,9 @@ Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.click = function() {
  * @private
  */
 Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.mouseOver_ = function() {
-  if (!this.hasBlocks_) {
-    return;
+  if (this.contents_.length) {
+    this.setOpen_(true);
   }
-  this.setOpen_(true);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -468,35 +460,28 @@ Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.mouseOut_ = function() {
 
 /**
  * Handle a BLOCK_DELETE event. Adds deleted blocks oldXml to the content array.
- * @return {!Function} Function to call when a block is deleted.
+ * @param {!Blockly.Events.Abstract} event Workspace event.
  * @private
  */
-Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.onDelete_ = function() {
-  var trashcan = this;
-  return function(event) {
-    if (trashcan.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents <= 0) {
+Blockly.Trashcan.prototype.onDelete_ = function(event) {
+  if (this.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents <= 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (event.type == Blockly.Events.BLOCK_DELETE &&
+      event.oldXml.tagName.toLowerCase() != 'shadow') {
+    var cleanedXML = this.cleanBlockXML_(event.oldXml);
+    if (this.contents_.indexOf(cleanedXML) != -1) {
       return;
     }
-    if (event.type == Blockly.Events.BLOCK_DELETE &&
-        event.oldXml.tagName.toLowerCase() != 'shadow') {
-      var cleanedXML = trashcan.cleanBlockXML_(event.oldXml);
-      if (trashcan.contents_.indexOf(cleanedXML) != -1) {
-        return;
-      }
-      trashcan.contents_.unshift(cleanedXML);
-      if (trashcan.contents_.length >
-          trashcan.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents) {
-        trashcan.contents_.splice(
-            trashcan.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents,
-            trashcan.contents_.length -
-            trashcan.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents);
-      }
-
-      trashcan.hasBlocks_ = true;
-      trashcan.minOpenness_ = trashcan.HAS_BLOCKS_LID_ANGLE;
-      trashcan.setLidAngle_(trashcan.minOpenness_ * 45);
+    this.contents_.unshift(cleanedXML);
+    while (this.contents_.length >
+        this.workspace_.options.maxTrashcanContents) {
+      this.contents_.pop();
     }
-  };
+
+    this.minOpenness_ = this.HAS_BLOCKS_LID_ANGLE;
+    this.setLidAngle_(this.minOpenness_ * 45);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/playground.html b/tests/playground.html
index b157b4a56..5e3a35a38 100644
--- a/tests/playground.html
+++ b/tests/playground.html
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function start() {
         horizontalLayout: side == 'top' || side == 'bottom',
         maxBlocks: Infinity,
         maxInstances: {'test_basic_limit_instances': 3},
+        maxTrashcanContents: 256,
         media: '../media/',
         oneBasedIndex: true,
         readOnly: false,
diff --git a/typings/blockly.d.ts b/typings/blockly.d.ts
index 8b1f24d52..0ce518ae0 100644
--- a/typings/blockly.d.ts
+++ b/typings/blockly.d.ts
@@ -2809,12 +2809,6 @@ declare module Blockly.ContextMenu {
 
 declare module Blockly.Css {
 
-    /**
-     * List of cursors.
-     * @enum {string}
-     */
-    enum Cursor { OPEN, CLOSED, DELETE } 
-
     /**
      * Inject the CSS into the DOM.  This is preferable over using a regular CSS
      * file since:
@@ -2830,10 +2824,10 @@ declare module Blockly.Css {
     /**
      * Set the cursor to be displayed when over something draggable.
      * See See https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/981 for context.
-     * @param {Blockly.Css.Cursor} cursor Enum.
+     * @param {*} cursor Enum.
      * @deprecated April 2017.
      */
-    function setCursor(cursor: Blockly.Css.Cursor): void;
+    function setCursor(cursor: any): void;
 
     /**
      * Array making up the CSS content for Blockly.