do you have a built in kitchen bin?

A built-in bin is a waste of cupboard space , in my opinion. I have a small waste bin in the corner of the kitchen, which is emptied daily into the larger bin in the garage. The recycling stuff is taken to the containers, which are in the garage and accessed through my utility room. Easypeasy !!

I don't even have a kitchen bin, I just hang a bag on the drawer handle and put it in the wheelie bin when it's full.

We have a built in bin under the sink for non-recyclable rubbish, it is very handy, then food waste goes in a small green bin on a shelf in a cupboard next door to it.

My daughter has a dual built in bin, one for recyclables, one for rubbish, with a food one on the counter. There is nowhere in my kitchen for a separate food bin, and I think they look bad, unless you polish them daily

We didn’t have one when the new kitchen was installed last year. We have a kitchen bin for waste, a bowl outside the kitchen patio doors for compost and it’s about 5 steps outside to our recycling bin.

Yes, two - one for recycling. They're not really that useful as they are quite small and anything big ends up being put in the utility room for recycling or in the bin in the garage. I suppose they stop bits and pieces being scattered around work surfaces.

We haven't really got anywhere to put a bin otherwise.

I have one in a cupboard which I use for paper. The food bin sits on the worktop near the sink and I have two other freestanding bins, one for general waste and one for general recycling. It was easier in the old days before we recycled!

We have a large pull out drawer with three bins in it. I use one for general waste and one for recycling. The third is currently spare. For me it is one of the best features of the kitchen as I like to keep waste bins hidden from sight. It works well and I wouldn't be without it.

I have a pull out drawer with two big built in bins. One for general waste and one for recycling. Works well for me. Food waste goes in a separate bin.

Don't even have an unfitted bin.

I have a pull-out bin with 2 large and two small containers. The two big ones are for black bin and green bin respectively, one of the small bins is food waste for the compost heap, and the other I put plastic film in.

Not sure why but when we are in France that can be recycled and when (ah, when?) we went to France I would take it with me to recycle there, otherwise it wne tin the black bin.

I also have a small pottery container on the drainer for food waste that cannot go on the compost heap. Most weeks this is empty.

When we had our new kitchen fitted we chose a large pull out drawer which has two compartments, one for recyclables and one for non recyclables. We think it is excellent!

My son works for a bespoke interior design company his wife did too they designed and he built my kitchen. It has built in bin sections I love it gone are the days of a stand up bin in the kitchen. We also have a built in dog bed but our pampered pooch rarely uses it as she is constantly at my DH side.

Thank you, it looks as though I'll keep the bins in the design and try to get the OH to be less messy!

We have a pull out drawer with two large bins used for rubbish and plastic and two small bins for glass and tins.
We have a covered passageway between the kitchen and utility garage and we keep a paper box and a bin for cardboard - Dh buys lots from Amazon. The food waste box is on the kitchen counter next to the sink.

I have two bins , one in the island for food waste and one under the sink unit for general waste . Recycling goes straight to the garage into 3 separate bins , plastic/cans , glass and cardboard.

Yes and I HATE it. (It was already built into the kitchen when we took this house).

It’s space inefficient, harder to keep clean than a normal bin and as a result in hot weather is drastically more likely to... smell ripe.

You are also locked into whatever configuration of individual bins are inside it, which is a huge pain when separating trash for recycling. I have ended up with a teeny weeny segment for card/paper recycling when honestly I need a full size bin for that.

It has to be one of my top annoyances about my kitchen if not THE top one. Cannot recommend at all!

We have just moved into a new (to us) house. There was nowhere to put a bin in or conveniently near the kitchen. I had a built in one installed under the sink. The space lost was about a quarter of the cupboard and has two 20 litre bins. It's a life changer for us.

We have one and it is a bit of a nuisance because it is very small and the recycling part doesn’t hold more than a couple of cans and one bottle. Fine when it is just us but if we have family round not too good. We put another normal sized one in the laundry. Always have to use plastic liners to keep it clean so if they stop selling them we are in trouble.

We have a built in bin section in one pull-out cupboard. It has 4 separate bins and a ledge over the top of them. I use one for compost, two for recycling and one for "any other items". Glass and paper go on the ledge over the top.

One thing I insisted on though, when the kitchen was fitted was that the bin drawer should NOT be under the sink as it is so annoying when you're standing at the sink and people try and fiddle around your knees with used teabags or other incidental rubbish.

The bin is in the unit nearest the door.

We have a cupboard which houses two large bins - it's been a game changer for us, the best thing in the kitchen! Wouldn't be without them; in the past we have had tall pedal bins, which I think look unsightly and only last a couple of years, and because of recycling we needed two, which took up floor space. Our 2 sons have recently had new kitchens and both included built-in bins as they were so impressed with ours.

I think it's a dreadful idea to have your rubbish 'tucked' away in a cupboard. What's wrong with taking your rubbish out of the house daily so no build up.

I have two bins in a drawer under the kitchen sink, the drawer is operated by a foot pedal as none of the units have handles.
The general waste bin always has a bin liner and the other I use for recycling gets cleaned with an anti-bacterial wipe after emptying. Best thing I ever did having waste bins concealed.

A stand alone foot pedal bin for perishable rubbish in my kitchen.
Not stainless steel as it doesn’t stay shiny. It’s grey.
Recycling goes into a container in the garage and we have a door from the hall to the garage which is convenient for taking the cardboard etc as we need to.

Me tool. A free standing pedal bin in a corner of the kitchen which is easy to take to the garage every day and empty into the food container ready for collection on bin day.
And there's a small cupboard where I hang large plastic bags for cardboard, plastic and tins and then take those to the garage every couple of days.