When it comes to rubbish bins, one name often stands out above all the others: Brabantia. Brabantia, a Dutch manufacturer of rubbish bins, are perhaps the most famous name in the bin world, and they have sold millions of them world-wide. Formed in 1919 , Brabantia have been renowned for using quality steel as their primary [...]
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Some of the Latest Kitchen Bin Designs
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 [...]
Avoiding Bin Smells – Rubbish and Hygiene Tips
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 [...]
Rubbish Bins – Equipping Your Home
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 [...]
Bins for the Kitchen – Variety and Practicality
The busiest area of the home is undoubtedly the kitchen. It is the location where most of the household tasks are completed: cooking, cleaning and washing clothes etc. And the kitchen is also the area that contains the busiest bin in the home. Kitchen bins are the most important bin around the home. Not just [...]
Hands Free Bin Design
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 [...]
Rubbish Bin Trouble Around the Home – Reducing Smells, Mess and Pests
There is a growing rise in the number of local authorities restricting their rubbish collections to bi-weekly. This fortnightly collection policy is causing householders a problem in that they have to store twice as much rubbish in their homes, for twice as long. The problem with having too much refuse lying about is that it [...]
Recycling Bins – Next Generation of Rubbish Bin
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 [...]
Kitchen Bins – from Sensors to Recycling
The kitchen bin is perhaps one of the most used items in the household. Nearly everything can get thrown into the kitchen bin which not only means the humble kitchen bin can end up getting full all too quickly but also can mean a bit of a headache when it comes to recycling. But kitchen [...]
Rubbish Bins – Importance of Design
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 [...]
Food Disposal and Waste Management
Disposing of so much food brings with it many problems but many of those can be solved by good waste management and the correct rubbish bin. The amount of food that is disposed of waste bins in the UK alone, is staggering. Shops and takeaways dispose of 1.6 million tonnes of food each year; manufactures [...]
Beauty of the Sensor Bin – Design, Style and Practicality
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 [...]
Reducing Bin Smells
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 [...]
Kitchen Bins – The Busiest Bin
The kitchen bin is one of the most used items in our home. Everything gets thrown into them, from food waste to old newspapers, and failing to get the correct bin can cause problems. Ensuring you get the correct kitchen bin can be important but often people buy the wrong types of bins for the [...]
Starting a Catering Business? Don’t Forget the Bins.
In every business there is waste. From discarded paper to scrap metal, waste is part and parcel of all businesses and industry. However, waste management in some business sectors is more important than in others. Catering is one such industry where more thought and consideration has to be placed on the disposal of rubbish than [...]


