In that vein, I recently purchased the fourth (?) solution to our recycling issuse in our apartment that we've lived in for two years. I've tried plastic garbage bins, two sets of recycling containers and small metal garbage cans... none of them really worked. We have limited space where our trash is and if it gets too wide we can't get down the stairs out the side door to drop it off and we can't open the cupboards to get at the cat food on the other side.
Blah, blah, blah... I FOUND IT. Not only did I find the PERFECT recycling bin but also the PERFECT trash can. And when you're me, this is a big deal. I find myself going to the kitchen with one piece of paper happily recycling now just so I can see our set up.
Anyway - they weren't cheap, but perfection never is. We got the Fingerprint-Proof Butterfly Recycler by SimpleHuman. And for our trash can we have the OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Rectangular 40-Liter Touch Can.
I will say that you can get a nice trash can for a little cheaper - SimpleHuman makes a step can with a black lid for $99. But it's only 9 gallons and this one is 12 and takes up very little room. I also like the Touch Can because you can leave it open when cooking and just throw things in there for 10 minutes and close it when you're done.
Regardless, the recycling can is GREAT. It holds a lot of recycling (in the photo they use for trash and recycyling and we use the two containers to divide paper products and glass/plastic/metals) and is easy to take out the containers and dump them into the recycling bins outside. It's sleek, sexy and takes up almost no room. For urban living, I highly recommend it.
My last great trash can I had for 8 years and I hope to have this one just as long.
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