Icon-free desktops?

I absolutely hate having any icons on my desktop. Is there a way to get rid of that damned nigh irremovable Recycle Bin icon or move it to, oh say, the Start Menu or Task Bar?

Feel free to flame me if I've missed some obvious way of doing so.

>>10
Having been a litestep user, I can see why it died.

>>12
OpenOpenSource!
My managers have this obession with open source where they think they can just yoink anything they want despite the number of times I tell them the licenses don't work that way.