Hello everyone,
We are currently at the shell construction stage and are thinking about how to manage all the waste in the kitchen: plastic, organic waste, paper, glass, and general trash. Our current kitchen is practically full because of this.
We have considered installing a waste chute in the exterior kitchen wall to directly dispose of the waste into the outdoor bins. This would mean having five small openings with pipes in the wall, and outside, the waste bins would be placed under the pipes to be filled directly. You could simply throw the waste into the wall from the kitchen, and it would be gone.
Has anyone had experience with this or built something like it themselves?
Something like this, just smaller for the kitchen.
We are currently at the shell construction stage and are thinking about how to manage all the waste in the kitchen: plastic, organic waste, paper, glass, and general trash. Our current kitchen is practically full because of this.
We have considered installing a waste chute in the exterior kitchen wall to directly dispose of the waste into the outdoor bins. This would mean having five small openings with pipes in the wall, and outside, the waste bins would be placed under the pipes to be filled directly. You could simply throw the waste into the wall from the kitchen, and it would be gone.
Has anyone had experience with this or built something like it themselves?
Something like this, just smaller for the kitchen.
Just install a kitchen with a built-in waste separation system in the cabinet like everyone else, right?!
Cardboard and newspapers go into a bin in the utility room, where we also keep supplies, tools, the heating system, and beverage crates, or directly into the outside bin. Glass waste is stored there as well.
In the kitchen, we only have yellow/plastic and gray/general waste bins. Yes, no organic waste bin—organic waste is messy and smelly, so it goes in with the general waste here. I stand by that.
We do have an organic waste bin, but we only use it for garden waste. The waste management services here don’t allow biodegradable bags, meaning everything has to be in paper bags, and I no longer want to deal with the mess. We are a household of four and produce about 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of general waste per week, which I can live with in good conscience.
Cardboard and newspapers go into a bin in the utility room, where we also keep supplies, tools, the heating system, and beverage crates, or directly into the outside bin. Glass waste is stored there as well.
In the kitchen, we only have yellow/plastic and gray/general waste bins. Yes, no organic waste bin—organic waste is messy and smelly, so it goes in with the general waste here. I stand by that.
We do have an organic waste bin, but we only use it for garden waste. The waste management services here don’t allow biodegradable bags, meaning everything has to be in paper bags, and I no longer want to deal with the mess. We are a household of four and produce about 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of general waste per week, which I can live with in good conscience.
In your new house, you probably have a larger kitchen than now, so the situation is more relaxed when a cabinet is dedicated to waste separation. We are planning a 40cm (16 inches) wide pull-out base cabinet for waste in our new kitchen: two bins on top for residual waste and plastic, two below for paper and glass. Organic waste will go in a bowl or similar container and will be taken outside immediately.
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hampshire30 Jan 2020 16:25The direct “trash-in-the-bin” solution sounds convenient. The reasons why this is rarely found in private homes have already been mentioned. A functioning solution would probably be a luxury. A waste storage room (a sort of reciprocal pantry) with an external door could solve the problem.
Of course, you’re not alone with the trash issue; presumably, everyone dislikes having garbage inside the house. With a lack of discipline or stubbornness between partners (it’s the other person’s turn today), every bin feels too small. That’s frustrating—especially when it’s your own fault. Shopping with minimal packaging helps. Getting children involved in taking out the trash also helps.
For organic waste, we find a small odor-sealing container combined with two Bokashi bins (also odor-neutral but kept outside the kitchen) and a compost heap in the garden effective. We no longer use an organic waste bin.
Of course, you’re not alone with the trash issue; presumably, everyone dislikes having garbage inside the house. With a lack of discipline or stubbornness between partners (it’s the other person’s turn today), every bin feels too small. That’s frustrating—especially when it’s your own fault. Shopping with minimal packaging helps. Getting children involved in taking out the trash also helps.
For organic waste, we find a small odor-sealing container combined with two Bokashi bins (also odor-neutral but kept outside the kitchen) and a compost heap in the garden effective. We no longer use an organic waste bin.
Kampfkarnickel schrieb:
Oh, you’re all so silly.... *sob* Wow... cool ... whining and complaining at its finest, Kampfkarnickel
You can have your idea much easier: open the window, take out the trash, close the window. In the morning, when you leave for work, pick up the mess stuck on the house wall.
Our neighbors do it with the diapers from the second floor oops:
Kampfkarnickel schrieb:
...We do have a pantry next to the kitchen, but it would be completely full of trash... Please don’t exaggerate: most people don’t even have a pantry and manage just fine...
Kampfkarnickel schrieb:
Taking out the trash immediately all the time is annoying and impractical. There’s no space in the kitchen to store organic waste, plastic, general waste, glass. Then plan for a cabinet in your new kitchen, like everyone else does, with 3-4 bins.
I can’t believe you find small trips cumbersome. What about your garden? You have to take care of it almost daily in summer... house trash is the least of your movement worries. Wait and see
Plan to place the organic waste bin in the shade, preferably on the north side. A compost pile is also a good idea; it doesn’t smell either.
We have boxes that fit two bins. The recycling bags fit there too when full. Nobody complains here... it’s our trash.
And reducing waste—especially plastic—is in your hands!
Maggots don’t appear in yogurt containers: yogurt goes moldy, maggots appear in organic waste...
A box in the pantry for your glass items—and there’s definitely a recycling container near you, you’re just too lazy, admit it Or you simply drink less!
We have a 100 cm (39 inch) wide base cabinet under the sink with four open bins inside. One contains a trash bag for residual waste, and the other three are used for items intended for the yellow bag recycling system, although it’s still far too much.
Organic waste is collected in a smaller compartment of the sink in a strainer to allow it to dry and prevent the bin from getting messy. Depending on how strong the smell is, this waste is then wrapped in residual packaging paper from the move and placed in the bin.
Paper is stacked in the hallway next to the door and taken out to the bin whenever we leave the house.
For glass, there is a crate in the utility room. When it’s full or if I feel like it beforehand, I take it out to be emptied. I don’t see any reason to create extra openings in the thermal building envelope just to avoid a short trip outside.
Organic waste is collected in a smaller compartment of the sink in a strainer to allow it to dry and prevent the bin from getting messy. Depending on how strong the smell is, this waste is then wrapped in residual packaging paper from the move and placed in the bin.
Paper is stacked in the hallway next to the door and taken out to the bin whenever we leave the house.
For glass, there is a crate in the utility room. When it’s full or if I feel like it beforehand, I take it out to be emptied. I don’t see any reason to create extra openings in the thermal building envelope just to avoid a short trip outside.
And then there comes a time when people say that sorting waste doesn’t make sense because everything is burned together anyway, and suddenly you have four too many bins.
But seriously… like most people, we have a three-compartment sorting system inside a base cabinet, where I collect organic waste, recyclable plastics (yellow bag), and general waste. I make a stack of paper and take it out daily on my way to the car to put it in the recycling bin. We collect glass in the utility room in a shopping basket and take it to the recycling center once a week when visiting my mom.
So nothing smells in my house, and I don’t take out organic waste every day.
But seriously… like most people, we have a three-compartment sorting system inside a base cabinet, where I collect organic waste, recyclable plastics (yellow bag), and general waste. I make a stack of paper and take it out daily on my way to the car to put it in the recycling bin. We collect glass in the utility room in a shopping basket and take it to the recycling center once a week when visiting my mom.
So nothing smells in my house, and I don’t take out organic waste every day.
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