That's not a panel bug, the theme ships no user-trash icon and that's what the applet use. The icon theme needs to be updated. Marking as rejected, the icon theme is not an Ubuntu package
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- Trash Icon on Gnome-Panel (Edgy eft - Gnome) https://launchpad.net/bugs/67330 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs