Minecraft Round Up - Let's mod a Redstone Rubbish Chest
This week in our Minecraft Mod Club, we are continuing our 'Redstone Contraption' series
This week in our Minecraft Mod Club, we are continuing our 'Redstone Contraption' series - a collection of mods where we make fun and unique machines powered by redstone! This week's contraption is week a Redstone Rubbish Chest.
In this mod, we are using redstone to create a chest that trashes anything in it. All you need to do is place the unwanted item in the chest and it disappears- saving us a ton of storage and bag space!
This mod is coded using two functions - one which generates the redstone dust and redstone comparators which will power the chest, then another function which places a chest above a dropper, a hopper and a block of lava. How the mod works is once something is placed in the chest it goes through the hopper and dropper, before landing in the lava - destroying the item. All of this is powered by redstone dust - very cool!
You can use this mod anywhere; whether you need to ditch snow, sand or gravel out of your bag, get rid of old tools, or just say goodbye to resources you no longer need. Perfect for putting on your base or even to use when exploring the world.
Until next time, happy building everyone!
About Minecraft Mod Club
Minecraft Mod Club uses Minecraft Education Edition to teach real code. Children write mods rather than just playing: custom blocks, new behaviours, things the game does not do out of the box. For a child who would happily spend all weekend in Minecraft, it is usually the easiest way in.
It is included with every membership rather than sold separately. Sessions are one hour a week in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor, and children build their own projects rather than following a set course. Most start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready.
Modding is a good bridge because the feedback is immediate and visible: change the code, reload the world, see whether the block behaves. That makes the jump from block-based coding to written code less abrupt than it usually is, which is the point where most children stall when they are learning alone.
Mentors write a note on every child after every session, so we know when somebody is ready to move up a level or would rather stay put.
More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join, and in 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society. Children can keep the camera off, type instead of speaking, and take a break without it disrupting anyone.
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The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what the work actually looks like before you sign up to anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details. Book a free taster session, see what it costs, or read about support for neurodivergent children.
