I’m currently thinking about how to best organize the half kitchen island, especially how much space to allocate for waste bins...
How do you handle waste? What types of waste do you store in the kitchen? For example, do you keep paper recycling and glass there as well? Do you collect any of it in the utility room?
We only have the utility room besides the kitchen. We don’t have a basement or garage.
You don’t want to keep too much waste in the kitchen or dedicate too much space to it. I would like to have a base cabinet with a waste system for organic and general waste. Then I thought of having another waste system under the sink for yellow bag recycling, paper recycling, and glass. But I’m not sure if paper recycling really belongs in the kitchen. I don’t want to have just one large trash bin in the kitchen.
How do you handle waste? What types of waste do you store in the kitchen? For example, do you keep paper recycling and glass there as well? Do you collect any of it in the utility room?
We only have the utility room besides the kitchen. We don’t have a basement or garage.
You don’t want to keep too much waste in the kitchen or dedicate too much space to it. I would like to have a base cabinet with a waste system for organic and general waste. Then I thought of having another waste system under the sink for yellow bag recycling, paper recycling, and glass. But I’m not sure if paper recycling really belongs in the kitchen. I don’t want to have just one large trash bin in the kitchen.
We have an 80-liter (21-gallon) bin under the sink: a large container for packaging waste (about half a yellow sack), one medium bin each for residual waste and paper, and a large container that fits a paper bag for organic waste (emptied daily or every two days).
The half-filled yellow sack is first stored in the closed utility room, where the next half-filled sack is added. Glass, metal, and batteries are also stored in the utility room.
The half-filled yellow sack is first stored in the closed utility room, where the next half-filled sack is added. Glass, metal, and batteries are also stored in the utility room.
We have a 60cm (24 inch) cabinet next to the sink. On top, there are three bins (Hailo Triple XL, 28 / 13 / 13 liters (7.4 / 3.4 / 3.4 gallons)) for residual waste, yellow bag recycling, and organic waste. Below that, the drawer is divided between glass recycling and paper recycling.
We have a wide (1m (3.3 feet)?) drawer under the sink with 4 buckets. One of them holds a trash bag for residual waste, and the other three are used for sorting recyclables for the yellow bin.
Organic waste is collected in or near the sink in a strainer so it can dry properly, and it is taken out to the bin every 1-2 days.
Paper is stored in the hallway next to the front door and can be taken along when going to the garage, while glass is kept in a box in the utility room.
Organic waste is collected in or near the sink in a strainer so it can dry properly, and it is taken out to the bin every 1-2 days.
Paper is stored in the hallway next to the front door and can be taken along when going to the garage, while glass is kept in a box in the utility room.
Bookstar schrieb:
Definitely make the waste pull-out unit electric with push-button operation. Very practical and not expensive. Use a three-compartment system for waste (residual, organic, recycling) Sounds interesting. This is the first time I’ve heard of it.
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