I have a two-pailer, and use it for garbage in the front and glass bottles for recycling in the back. Great so far, and if I'm really doing it up (dinner parties etc) I can empty the bottles to the yard container and use both for garbage.

We have a 2-bin pullout with trash in front & recyclables in back. Because the bins are smaller (they use "tall kitchen bags" instead of the 30-gallon trash bags), you do have to take the trash out more often...but the advantage of that is that trash doesn't stay inside long enough to begin smelling. I would not want a trash bin so big that trash stayed around long enough to smell!

Our recyclables stay around longer, but they're rinsed out and we don't have an issue with smelling. We put plastic, glass, and cardboard drink containers (milk, juice) in the recycle bin...we don't separate anything except newspapers. Cardboard boxes (cereal, frozen veggie, etc.) are flattened and put in separate bags only b/c it's easier & then they don't take up valuable pullout space!

Same here. Two bins, one for trash, one for recycle. Tall Kitchen Garbage Bags.

Recycle stuff is rinsed out. Trash is normally taken out daily unless nothing smelly went in. If I cook dinner, which I do about 5x a week, trash goes out before we retire for the evening.

IMHO if your trash is gonna stink, it's gonna stink whether it's inside the cabinet or in a free standing bin.

I absolutely LOVE the convenience of my trash being inside the cabinet.

I actually have two trash pullouts, each with 2 bins. The one right next to the sink is full height with garbage in front and returnables(beer & soda containers) in back. The other has plastic/glass/metal recycling in front and paper/cardboard in back. We only take the trash out once a week because we try to recycle everything. Anything that might be smelly (yucky, chickeny trays) gets tied up in shopping bags first. I use reusable shopping bags at the grocery, but still end up with a ton of plastic bags from random incidental shopping trips by DH i.e. Lowe's, etc.

I have a pull out drawer with two garbage cans(tall kitchen garbage)...one for trash, one for recycle. We empty the garbage at least once a day...recycle twice a week...no smells. Above the trash pullout is a drawer and above that is a cutting board that pulls out from under the countertop. I can pull out the cutting board and then, the trash underneath & scrape all of the remnants directly into the can.

We opted for a door mounted 2 bin recycling pull out from rev-a-shelf and just a single garbage pull out with lid for under the sink (as yet undetermined but Amerock had at least one that looked promising).

We have the same 2 can set up. But with 3 kids we ended up keeping our freestanding SS trash can, too. Heck, I paid $100 for that freakin' trash can and we had a corner by the island for it so why not! It's not really convenient for regular kitchen use but it's great for overflow and for when people are at the island. Love my trash and recycling pullout though! Oh, and we empty pretty much every other day for the more often used pullout. And we rinse everything that goes into the recycling can so no smellies yet (it's been over a year).

Also have the two can pullout. Use the front one for the garbage and the other for recycables. No problems with smells and empty garbage every other day. Love having garbage hidden and am very happy with it.

We will also have the two can pullout, but we're planning to use both of them for recycling (one for paper, one for other stuff, most likely). Then we'll keep our existing freestanding can for trash.

Definately pull out trash. I like a big trash can so I can only fit one in the pullout with cleaning supplies and bags behind. I have a second smaller one for comingled recycle(all but glass and pop cans), with dishwasher soap and rinse aid behind it. Love it!

We have a corner cabinet unit. It has three cans, we use one for trash and two for recycle.

Here is a link that might be useful: KV Rotary Corner Recycling Center

I'm wondering what is the largest pail that can fit in a cabinet? I want to get rid of my large free standing one. I don't like the look of it but it sure does hold alot.

I'm in the final stages of designing my kitchen and trash is still an open item for me. Right now I have a two-bin pullout in the design, but what I want is something hands-free. My current kitchen has a SS free-standing pail that I can step on to open so my sometimes messy or full hands don't have to touch anything.

Is there something available that is hands-free but incorporated into the cabinetry?

Kangell, see the linked thread below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Foot Pedal for Trash OR Tapmaster?