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Some of the Latest Kitchen Bin Designs

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

The kitchen bin has the distinction of being the most used bin in the home, but that doesn’t mean it can’t look good. But good kitchen bin design is also about practicality. Kitchen bins need a good lid, and a practical method of getting it open. Here are some of the latest bin designs with some of the most stylish and practical solutions for the kitchen bin.

Soft Touch Bin

The soft touch bin opens with the lightest of touches and is available in two sizes, 40 litres and 60 litres. With a brushed stainless steel body that is finger print resistant, this designer bin is easy to clean and has a detachable lid and base for easy emptying.

Smart Sensor Operated Bin

This sensor bin opens as you approach allowing hands-free use. In a designer shape, the auto shut lid closes gently on its own, preventing you from ever having to handle the bin. Available in three sizes, 30 litre, 40 litre and 60 litre sizes, this sensor bin is highly fashionable and sits well in any contemporary kitchen.

Designer Pedal Operated Bins

These funky looking modern pedal bins come in 6 colours. With designer looks, these pedal operated bins are practical as well as stylish. With a variety of colours available, including, powder blue, red, blue, black, cream, silver grey, stainless steel and matt, these bins will fit in any modern kitchen.

Brabantia Push Bin (50 Ltr)

The leading designer bin company, this Brabantia designed kitchen bin is one of the best looking bins on the market. Made with the highest quality steel, this stylish and designer bin is also practical and easy to empty.

Retro Push Bin

For those who have a style that hankers over yesteryear, these retro bins are funky and attractive. These baby blue bins have a cute look, are push operated and are easy to clean.

 

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Rubbish Bins – Equipping Your Home

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

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

Sensor Bin - opens automatically

 

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Stylish Bins For Your Bedroom

Friday, December 17th, 2010

They may not be the most exciting of household contraptions, but bins don’t need to be as perfunctory and practical as their reputation would have you believe. Everyone likes their bedrooms to look nice, right? You spend a lot of time in there and you want the decoration and accessorising to be good so you get loads of wear out of it and it won’t go out of style.

Designers have caught on to this, and it’s now possible to get some fairly swish bins that not only do the job they’re designed to do but also look fantastic in your room as well.

One brilliant (and fantastically hygienic) option is the Smart Sensor Operated Bin. You don’t even have to touch it to open the lid – just wave your hand over it and the sensor will react and open it for you, meaning you don’t have to worry about bin germs. It also comes in a lovely brushed stainless steel finish, so it will look sleek and stylish no matter where you keep it. Plus, there are a variety of sizes so if you’re after a discreet bedroom bin, go for a small one and store it in the corner of your room.

If you’re someone who likes to change your colour scheme from time to time, or who likes to coordinate all of the colours in your bedroom, then a fantastic option you should consider is the Designer Pedal Bin, which comes in a range of colour options to suit all styles and tastes. You operate it via a traditional pedal mechanism and can pick from a range of lid colours – from red, green, blue, yellow and white, meaning you’re bound to find one that matches your room perfectly. These bins are great for anywhere in the house and are particularly good if, for example, you have a desk in your bedroom and are in need of somewhere to put your office waste.

Another lovely, popular bedroom bin choice is the small pedal bin that comes with a flat lid so it looks discreet but is still fully functional. Here, you could choose one in white for a minimalist look or perhaps go for stainless steel if you’re looking to make a style statement. As these bins are small (around 12l or so), they don’t take up much space and so are great if you’re looking for space-saving solutions as well as practicality.

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Hands Free Bin Design

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

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

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.

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Using Recycling Bins

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

There was a time that on an evening the day before the binmen came we didn’t have to do a thing. Early in the morning, the dustmen would come down the garden bath, take our sturdy dustbin and empty into the back of the waste compactor.

Things, however, have changed. Most of us now have to wheel our own bins onto the side of the road for the refuse collectors to empty. We then have to wheel it back. Furthermore, few of us have just one bin as recycling is now part and parcel of our rubbish collections.

Some people find recycling quite difficult and a bit of chore. Having to empty different items into the bin once a week. However, the key to recycling is to ensure you have interior recycling bins so you can separate recycled material as you throw it away.

There are two approaches to this. The first is to buy recycling bins for different materials. Recycling bins with colour coded lids are available to help you establish a rule for what can be thrown into each bin.

There is a variety of styles, shapes and size of recycling bin and some look quite modern and contemporary. The variety means you should be able to find recycling bins that suit you home.

The second method is to buy a recycling bin with multiple compartments. These are better for people in smaller homes where space is concern. They come in double or triple compartments each with a different colour lid. These too, come in various sizes and styles.

Stylish colour coded recycling bins

Stylish colour coded recycling bins

While most local authorities provide exterior recycling bins, not all do and some provide cartons that can easily get blown or knocked over. There is, however, nothing stopping you from buying your own external recycling bin which you can then empty into the proper receptacles when the time is required.

A lot of householders do this who don’t want too many bins in their home and don’t mind emptying the indoor recycling bins regularly.

Recycling bins are easy to use and are now a prerequisite for most householders so if you have not yet got a set in your home perhaps its time to start thinking about getting them.

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Some Waste Bin Ideas for Around the Home

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

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 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.

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Recycling Bins – Next Generation of Rubbish Bin

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Recycling is no longer a past time of fringe movements or idealistic groups. Recycling is now accepted by the vast majority of not only, a sensible and pragmatic approach to waste management, but also as essential in maintaining the environment and protecting our futures.

Even the reluctant few have found themselves getting involved as more local authorities and councils make recycling part of the by-laws – with fines and refusal to dispose of household waste for those refusing to participate.

All this means that the all of us are having to change the way we dispose of our rubbish. No longer can we just chuck things away into the waste paper basket or kitchen bin then dump the whole lot in the dustbin. Instead we have to separate our waste and may have to use several external recycling bins provided by the local authorities.

This can be a chore, if you only have one type of household bin but more and more people are seeing the advantage of buying recycling bins that allow them to separate their waste when they first dispose of it – rather than trying to separate it all the day before the dustmen come.

There are two approaches to this. The first is to use separate bins. To distinguish between the different waste that goes into each they are normally colour coded.

These colour coded recycling bins can come in variety of sizes – from 30lire household recycling bins to larger 50 litre recycling bins for business – and different colours. But there are no hard and fast rules as to what can go in each bin. A lot of people use the same colour system as their local authority – this prevents confusion.

The other solution is to use a single bin that has separate compartments. These are only  suited to households where space is limited. Like the separate bins the double and triple compartment recycling bins are colour coded – but smaller, multiple bins are usually a bette solution

Many of these bins can look quite staid and too industrial looking but there are some great modern designed and stylish varieties on the market – if you know where to look:

Stylish colour coded recycling bins

Stylish colour coded recycling bins

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Internal Bins – Style, Convenience and Practicality

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

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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Rubbish Bins – Importance of Design

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Many of us may think of the humble waste bin as just a simple receptacle for throwing our rubbish in; however, there are a wide variety of different types of rubbish bin, all designed for different tasks and purposes.

Design is highly important when it comes to selecting the right type of waste bin. So when you are looking to buy a rubbish bin, whether its for the home, business or institution, there are several aspects of bin design you should look out for.

Practicality

The most important facet of any bin is its practicality. However it is to be used it needs to be practical. When you are looking to buy a bin think about how it will be used – is it high enough and easy to throw waste in?

The size too is highly important. Think how much waste will go in and how often it will be emptied. If it is too small you can end up with an overflowing bin while too large a bin can be difficult to empty and handle.

Lids

The lid is highly important on many rubbish receptacles. While waste paper bins don’t need them your kitchen will soon reek if the kitchen bin doesn’t have a decent lid. The design of the lid here is important for practicality too.

A kitchen bin should have a pedal operated lid or another method that prevents you from having to touch it; sensor bins are the latest method for hands free bin use.

Durability

If it is an outdoor bin it needs to be durable. Not only has it got to sit out in all weathers and be manhandled by the refuse collectors, but also it needs to be sturdy enough so that vermin can’t it over or remove the lid. If it is a pubic area it perhaps should be floor or a wall mounted bin to prevent vandalism.

Bins can be stylish and practical

Bins can be stylish and practical

Style

Style is also an important facet for bin design, especially for those we around the home. Nearly every room has a waste bin sat in the corner so it needs to fit in with the décor and style of home. Some really nice designer bins are available manufactured from a wide range of materials, these can be proudly displayed rather than half-hidden behind the furniture.

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Beauty of the Sensor Bin – Design, Style and Practicality

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The world of technology seems to be travelling faster and faster. Within the last decade we have seen the rise of mobile phones, the internet and a whole of host of gadgets, gizmos and ways of communicating.

But one area where you wouldn’t expect all this sci-fi technology to infiltrate is the kitchen, and in particular, the humble kitchen bin.

However, even the menial kitchen bin has had a twenty-first century make-over in the guise of the sensor bin.

Sensor bins

Sensor bins are not just stylised gizmos either. They make look modern and designer but there is practicality behind them as they are an ingenius solution to a common problem:

Handling bins is way of spreading germs around our kitchen so every time you throw something in the bin you should thoroughly wash your hands – but do you, and if so, you know how annoying this can be, having to keep running to the sink as you are preparing a dinner.

There are swing-top and pedal bins that do solve this problem but swing tops have the problem of the lid getting dirty very quickly while pedal bins can be cumbersome to use.

Sensor bins, as their name suggests, sense when you approach with a handful of waste. The bin lid, controlled by a battery powered motor, raises the lid and then closes it once you have disposed of the rubbish and walked away. This means you don’t ever have to touch the bin and the bin lid will remain clean.

Sensor bins are not cumbersome either. Most sensor bins raise the lid silently,quickly and effortlessly and are so easy to use you’ll wonder how you lived without them.

They are stylish too, many of them are made from a good quality steel that is easy to clean and looks modern and contemporary – and will suit any kitchen from the rustic to the modern.

Ensor Bins are an ingenius and high tech solution

Ensor Bins are an ingenius and high tech solution

They are not expensive either, many sensor bins can be purchased at a relatively low price, especially from online rubbish bin suppliers and they come a variety of sizes – up to 50 litres, large enough for even a commercial kitchen.

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