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.

There is nothing worse than a smelly bin. If it’s outside the home it can cause a nuisance to neighbours, attract vermin and make your home unpleasant to visitors, while a stinky bin inside the home will make the whole house smell and can take ages to air.

The biggest weapon against bin smells is the bin lid, a poorly fitting lid is the cause of many unnecessary bin smells. If a kitchen or exterior bin has a decent lid then the majority of smells can be avoided. These types of bin often contain the smelliest of waste such as kitchen scraps, soiled nappies and so on, but if they are stored in a receptacle with a tight enough lid the smells shouldn’t creep out.

Kitchen bins, for instance need to have a decent lid that fits snugly, this does have the problem of having to frequently open the bin, but an open bin in the kitchen will stink in next to no time. Nappy bins are another example and these have snugly-fitting lids to ensure no unpleasant smells escape.

Keeping a bin clean is another cause for bin smells and often they can get neglected when it comes to cleaning. Both the interior and exterior of a bin needs cleaning on a regular basis, many people give them a good wipe with a damp cloth every time they are emptied and normally this is enough to ensure they stay clean.

For bins which have to endure a lot of smelly waste, bin deodorizers will help prevent the smells from becoming too overpowering when the bin is emptied. Bin deodorizers are good for kitchen bins too if you have been cooking with stronger smelling ingredients than usual.

Another sure-fire way of reducing bin smells is to ensure they are emptied frequently enough. Food waste that has been left for a week is going to have become rotten and will inevitably smell, so ensuring the kitchen bin is emptied on a frequent enough basis will reduce the risks of bin smells  causing the house to stink.

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 Christmas is a period of giving and receiving, with retailers experiencing the busiest time of the year, it is also a period when we throw far more rubbish out than at any other time. Rubbish bins are often full to bursting at this time of year as we all throw out packaging, cards, Christmas trees and food.

All this can be a bad time for the environment, as much of what we throw away ends up on landfill sites. But there are ways of recycling your Christmas rubbish and cutting down on what you throw away.

Christmas Trees

Every year nearly ten million Christmas trees are bought and disposed of each year, many of which are simply thrown away into the rubbish bin; however, Christmas trees are easy to recycle and provide useful materials such as wood chippings.

Many councils offer a collection and recycling service for Christmas trees but failing that, most household recycling centres will have somewhere for trees to be recycled.

Packaging and Gift Wrapping

Thousands of tonnes of wrapping paper is also thrown away each year. Sadly, the majority of gift wrapping cannot be recycled as the ink and sticky tape that covers it is too difficult to remove. You could of course look for better alternatives to the coloured wrapping paper, or try and reuse it rather than just throw it in the waste bin.

Excess packaging is also a problem at this time of year, and many people are now being careful of the products they buy are not full of excess packaging. Fortunately, a lot of it can be recycled so make sure you use the recycling bin and not just dump it in the dustbin.

Christmas Cards

Nearly a billion Christmas cards are bought and sent each year and many of these cards can easily be recycled, so again, use the recycling bins, not the dustbin.

Food Waste

While most of us eat and drink a little too much at Christmas, we also throw away tonnes of unwanted food. Try and buy less this year but if you do end up with too much food think of other ways of getting rid of it such as composting rather than just dumping it in the rubbish bin.

Recycling bins are inexpensive and look great

All kinds of recycling bins are available for around the home and if you have not got one yet, look around, especially on the internet, as you may be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to find low cost recycling bins.

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.

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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

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The subject of rubbish, waste collections and wheelie bins are a common topic in the newspapers and other media. It seems the subject of rubbish bins is a hot topic, but why?

The main problem with rubbish and waste collection is the sheer costs involved. Everything we throw away has to be either stored somewhere until it either rots or degrades, or it has to be recycled and converted into other useful items. And while more and more recycling is taking part all over the country, we still produce million of tonnes of landfill waste each year, the cost of which is crippling councils and local authorities who struggle for space which is in demand for housing, development and business.

While most of us are encouraged to recycle more and more, a lot of the difficulties are a0pften concerned with the various different recycling policies that run up and down the country.

Some areas, for instance, will recycle plastics, others cannot; in some towns everything gets thrown into one recycling bin, in others you have to separate you waste into two, three or even more, recycling bins.

But home-owners do not have to leave recycling down to the local authority, increasingly people are taking control of their own recycling and making use of the public recycling bins and bot that are becoming increasingly common on high streets and in supermarket car parks.

Colour coded recycling bins

One of the tools that is helping people take control of their own waste and recycling is the home recycling bin. Interior recycling bins, either separate colour coded bins, or bins with multiple compartments, allow householders to separate their own waste at the point of disposal so papers, metals and glass can be separated and easily disposed off at the appropriate paper, bottle, or can recycling banks.

One of the advantages of taking control of your own recycling is that when more draconian measures are forced through by the local authority, you are better equipped to deal with it, and indeed, if you local council turns up on your doorstep with yet another wheelie bin for recycled material, you will be totally equipped to begin using it.

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Rubbish Bins – Importance of Design
Thursday, 19th, August
Written by: Richard N Williams

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

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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Rubbish Tips Around the Home – The Kitchen
Thursday, 22nd, July
Written by: Richard N Williams

Each year, every household in the UK gets rid of about one tonne of rubbish. From kitchen scraps and waste containers to old newspapers and tin cans, a myriad of items are thrown away by each-and-every-one of us.

Coping with all this rubbish is down to the humble dustbin, wheelie bin or household bin. But things have been complicated in recent years with the need to recycle, fortnightly bin collections and restrictions to the amount of waste some households in the country are permitted to throw away.

All this has made getting rid of household rubbish a complicated task. Having to use different bins for recycling, trying to avoid pests and smells, and keeping on top of the household waste can be a chore. But here are some tips to make dealing with your rubbish problems a whole load easier:

Kitchen

Perhaps the busiest bin in the house. Nearly everything gets chucked into the kitchen bin from food scraps to old cartons, tins and wrappers. One of the biggest problems with kitchen bins is the mess and smell they can produce. But there are simple ways to reduce this. Firstly, a good tight fitting lid is a must for any kitchen bin. This will prevent smells but the lid does pose other problems.

As we frequently cook in the kitchen, touching the bin is unhygienic – so rather than frequent hand-washing you should consider a pedal bin, swing-top or even a sensor bin. Sensor bins are fantastic as they open and shut automatically, sensing when you are near and raising the lid just in time.

Sensor Bin - opens automatically

Recycling bins

To make that task of separating different items into different bins consider buying recycling bins.

Many of these are colour coded so you can separate waste before you have to put it into the different recycling receptacles outside. And if you haven’t room for several different bins – think about a double triple compartment recycling bin which are a convenient and space saving way of separating waste.

Bin deodorisers

All kitchen bins should be cleaned regular to prevent smells but a great way of ensuring your kitchen doesn’t stink of rubbish is to use a bin deodoriser. Bin deodorizers ensure your bin smells fresh and clean – no matter what you have been throwing away.

Tags: household waste, rubbish bin, sensor bin, waste bin, wheelie bin

Reducing Bin Smells
Thursday, 6th, May
Written by: Richard N Williams

One of the biggest nuisances about bins is the smells hat can often be produced. Most of us will have come home one evening only to be greeted by the stench of rotting fish, meat of vegetation emanating from the kitchen bin.

But bin smells can be prevented and often there is usually a root cause why your kitchen or external bin is attracting flies and creating a stench:

The Right Bin

Often the problem causing bins smells s that the wrong bin is being used for the job. When sourcing a bin it is important you think about the type of waste that is being disposed of. Kitchen waste and other organic material is often what causes bin smells so you need to choose an appropriate kitchen bin that has been designed to hold this sort of waste.

External bins too are often a cause of smells and quite often it is because large amounts of kitchen and food waste are thrown away into the wrong type of external bin. If you have catering business you need to ensure the external bin you choose is manufactured to eb able to deal with large amounts of food waste.

The Bin Lid

One of the biggest causes of bin smells is a badly fitting lid. The bin lid is incredibly important for external bins and kitchen bins, or any other type of bin that has to hold rotting waste. The lid needs to fit well and remember, for external bins they need to be able to prevent vermin and pests from entering too.

Bin Lids are key to reducing smells

Over full bin

Another cause of smells is that the bin should have been emptied. A bin that is too full may prevent the lid from closing which will cause smells but also there may just be too much stuff in there for it to contain the gases escaping from them.

For external bins you also need to make sure the bin can’t be knocked over easiliy as a spilled bin will cause smells and mess.

Bin Deodorisers

Bin deodorisers are a good short term fix and useful if you are dealing with some really strong smelling waste. These can mask a lot of smells and prevent the bin from becoming tainted by the smells of the waste it normally holds.

Tags: external bin, household waste, hygiene, kitchen bin, rubbish bin

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