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Few people give the rubbish bins around there home much thought. But as an item that exists in nearly every room, and has to be visible and accessible for practical purposes, the waste bin is as much a part of the home furnishing as everything els

But finding the right bin to match your décor isn’t difficult as there is a huge range of modern, designer, traditional and retro bins that can provide the aesthetic requirements for your rooms. However, when looking to buy rubbish bins it is important to remember their practical application too.

First they need to be able to hold all the waste that will get thrown into them. This means in rooms like the kitchen, the bins will need to be larger than rooms where little waste gets thrown out.

Secondly, bins need to be able to hold the waste without smells or spills – especially food waste. And finally, bins need to be practical and easy to use.

When you find a design of bin you like, the first thing to do is to ask what type of waste will be disposed in there. With bins for the kitchen this means everything from food waste to tin cans, so a good strong, large bin with a good lid is essential. For other rooms such as the living room and bedrooms, most waste is only paper or not food based so simpler bins without lids can be used.

Next establish how much waste will be thrown into each bin. The more waste the bigger the bin. Many people use recycling bins now so they can separate waste as soon as they dispose of it. Its important to be able to distinguish what goes into each bin so colour coded recycling bins are the best solution.

Finally you need to establish how the bin will be used. A bin in the kitchen, for example, needs to have a lid that can be opened without having to touch the bin. This is for hygiene reasons and prevents the need for you to have to keep washing your hands when you are preparing food. Pedal and sensor bins are commonly used in these areas.

Sensor Bin - opens automatically

While we use them every day and have one in virtually every room of the home, office and even high street, few of us ever give the rubbish bin but thought. But bins, like most tools we use, are designed with different applications and practicalities in mind.

Use, type of waste, safety, ergonomics, health and hygiene are all issues that go into the design process of a rubbish or waste bin. And for bins around the home, style is also a factor with many designer, retro and stylized rubbish b ins produced to match the fixtures, furnishings and fittings of people’s homes.

Many bins seem quite innocuous but often there has been some clever design processes gone into their manufacture, here are some great bin designs.

The pedal bin – it has been around for decades but the pedal bin is one of those really ingenius and simple design solutions to a common problem. When we use bins in the kitchen, having to handle it can transfer germs, which , inevitably means every time we use the kitchen bin we have to wash our hands.

Pedal bins do away with this, which is why so many people use them. There are alternatives to the peal bin, designed to solve the same problem. Swing top bins allow food to be dropped on the top that yields (by swinging) to allow the items into the container. They do have a couple of drawbacks. Firstly a swing-top bin’s lid is not very tight so smells can easily seep out, and secondly, a swingtop can get dirty very quickly so it has to be cleaned regularly.

Sensor Bin - opens automatically

There is another solution, however, a modern and sophisticated one, the sensor bin. As the name suggests the sensor bins have an inbuilt sensor that can detect when you near the bin. With a battery powered electric motor the bin lid will rise and fall, giving you time dispose of the waste and doing away with the need to touch the bin.

Pedal, swing-top and sensor bins are three methods that designers have come across to solve a simple waste disposal problem and goes to show just how much thought goes into designing the humble rubbish bin.

Tags: household waste, kitchen bin, kitchen bins, pedal bins, sensor bns

Some Waste Bin Ideas for Around the Home
Thursday, 21st, October
Written by: Richard N Williams

When it comes to interior décor, a lot of emphasis goes into furniture, furnishings and colour schemes and yet, there is one item in nearly every room that can get neglected – the waste bin.

From kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, and living rooms, there is normally a bin sat in the corner of the room, but that doesn’t mean your waste bin has to be hidden away under a table or under a desk. Rubbish bins come in such a wide variety of styles, designs, sizes and shapes, they can become a part of your overall interior scheme, and even make attractive features themselves.

The type of waste that gets thrown away in each does go into deciding the type of bin that you will need – there is no point in sticking a waste paper basket in the kitchen, not when food scraps and peelings are disposed of; likewise, if there is only paper waste in a bin there is perhaps no needed for a lidded rubbish bin.

The most important bin to get right is in the kitchen. Kitchen bins need to be able to cope with a large variety of waste, from food scraps to empty cartons, whilst preventing smells and being large enough to cope with the household demands.

But they can also be stylish. Metallic bins and sensor bins are of a really good contemporary design and will suit most modern homes, while more modern plastics can, not only make attractive pedal bins and swing bins, but is also easy to clean.

Retro bins look great

Retro bins are also increasingly becoming common as nostalgia and fashion turns back to 60s, 70s and 80s. Designer bins can also look good in a bedroom or bathroom and for kids a novelty bin will help encourage them to keep the room tidy. Smaller sizes are best for these rooms though as the waste demands are a lot lower.

For the living room or office, waste paper baskets have moved on a long way. There are all sorts of modern materials that create attractive and functional litter bins for the front room or office and as the waste demands are low in these rooms a lot of them are very discreet ensuring the décor of your room is not spoiled by the rubbish bin.

Tags: designer bins, external bin, retro bin, rubbish bin, sensor bin

Internal Bins – Style, Convenience and Practicality
Thursday, 2nd, September
Written by: Richard N Williams

While few people planning the interior of a home or business pays much attention to the rubbish bins, often this can be a mistake as no home or business can function without one. There are bins in almost every room of most homes and no matter what type of business or building you work in – you will need some where to dispose of your rubbish.

Waste bins play an important role but that doesn’t mean that they have to look drab or unsightly – the right interior bin can make all the difference to the décor of a room and can be both practical and suited to the style.

Home Bins

For bins around the home it is important to remember that different rooms have different practicalities. Kitchen bins, for instance, need to contain smells, house food waste and be larger enough to cope with a busy household’s waste. A good fitting lid and made from an easy to clean material like stainless steel is important but that doesn’t mean they can’t look good and there are many stylized and designer bins for the kitchen.

Other bins around the home tend to only house paper and other dry waste so lids and being easy to clean are less important and the bins can be even more stylized. Designer bins, retro or even novelty bins can be used in differing room.

Hotel Bins often have to be fire retardant

Fire retardant bins

Office Bins

For businesses and around the office practicality is also important. Size and the type of bin are important to ascertain; it needs to be big enough to cope with the waste produced in between emptying while it also has to be practical to use – not taking up too much space. Often wall mounted bins are used in business as they can’t get accidentally knocked over.

Public Bins

With public bins there is another aspect to consider – safety. Ensuring the bin is safe is important. For this reason many public buildings have fire retardant bins and use transparent sack holders to prevent the possibility of the bin being used to hide contraband or explosives. Ensuring the bin is secure in any public building is also important so wall mounted bins tend to be used here too.

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Home Improvement Tips – What about the Rubbish Bins?
Thursday, 7th, January
Written by: Richard N Williams

How our homes look says a lot about our characters and personality which is why each year in the UK alone £ billions are spent by people renovating, redecorating and replacing furniture around the home. Nearly every aspect of somebody’s home can be altered to match other aspects of the home but surprisingly very few people put any thought into choosing a rubbish bin, despite having to have them in nearly every room.

The waste bin is not only an essential piece of equipment it also nearly always visible and quite often the rubbish bin can be an unsightly blot in the corner of the room. But it doesn’t need to be that way.

There are some great places on the internet to buy quality rubbish bins that are not only functional and practical but there are such a huge range of rubbish bins available nearly every décor or theme of home can find the perfect waste bin for every room.

There are metallic designer bins that suit most modern them living room while retro bins suit those homes and kitchens that borrow trends fro yesteryear. Of course, in this day and age recycling our waste is not only ethically responsible its now enforceable by any local authorities. But recycling bins come in large range too from multi section recycling bins for the kitchen to large exterior bins for garden waste.

With kitchen bins many people place them in cupboards as they don;t want them on show or have any unsightly smells from lingering. But with some of the more modern and designer kitchen bins around at the movement there really is no need not only do they look fantastic but also there are numerous automatic and sensor activate lids that not only prevent smells but prevent the need to even touch the bin.

So next time you are re-papering the living room or refitting the kitchen give a little thought to the rubbish bin that is sat in the corner, perhaps its time for a new one.

Tags: designer bins, kitchen bins, replacing bins, retro bins

Are you Ashamed of your Bin?
Monday, 23rd, November
Written by: Richard N Williams

There has been a trend in the last decade of home improvement. Many people are choosing to invest time and money in their homes; and why wouldn’t we – we all like to live in a nice home.

Carpets, curtains, interior furnishings and wall paper are often changed to keep up with the latest designs and to ensure the household décor is complementary. And yet in all this refurbishment there is one item that is in every room that rarely gets an upgrade – the bin.

While many of us may change the wallpaper, three-piece suite and carpets – every few years or so – often the same tatty waste bin has been sitting on the corner through every generation of improvement.

Tucked under a coffee table or behind the toilet cistern the same problem occurs in nearly every room – the chic new furnishings are let down by the small embarrassment tucked in the corner.

And bins are in every room and yet we hide them away so they become a nuisance to use. These practical parts of our furnishings can and should be shown off as part of a regular furnishings.

Household bins may hold our rubbish but that doesn’t mean they have to look rubbish too. The bin has to sit in nearly every room so why not make sure it looks good too.

Designer bins are available now that can blend and match nearly any interior theme of a home. Often they are made from shiny alloys and have a modern trendy feel. They can also be really practical and have some great mechanisms for opening the lids.

Some sensor bins you don’t even have to touch, they have movement sensors on the lid so as soon as you come close they open up allowing you to drop any waste in them without having to handle the bin. These are great for kitchen or bathroom bins.

Other designer bins are available for nearly every room in the home, from living room bins to designer waste paper bins – and there are even bins for kids. So have a look in the corner of your rooms and ask yourself – am I ashamed of my bins?

Tags: bins, designer bin, home decor, litter bin, sensor bin

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