Refuse container

A refuse container that includes a container that has an open-top and a skirt around a periphery of the open-top. A lid can be pivotally coupled to the container or the skirt. The refuse container further includes a hook assembly, the hook assembly includes a prolonged bar coupled to the lid using fasteners and an elongated bar. The elongated bar has a substantially L-shape proximal end and a hook shape distal end, wherein the substantially L-shape proximal end swively couples to the prolonged bar such that the elongated bar can extend downwards along by a height of the skirt and the hook shape distal end of the elongated bar can rest against a wall of the container or the elongated bar can rest against a periphery of the skirt, wherein the hook shape distal end hangs under the periphery of the skirt.