I have two --1/2 gal galvanized buckets for garbage as I am cooking since we have no disposal. I keep them at the different work stations and empty as needed. I also have a large white garbage can lined with a plastic bag for all the rest. It sits right out in the open as in a resturant. I have been working in my son's restaurant for 3 1/2 yrs. They have 5 gal buckets everywhere there is a work station. It is so practical and not "pretty". I am cooking and cooks make garbage. This is a working kitchen so I don't want my access to disposing of garbage to require steps on pedals or opening doors etc. Just MHO. Caroline

I have a SS garbage can with toe kick in kitchen (well, actually it's now in our temporary kitchen), but plan to switch to an attached to door under the sink model I saw at Lee Valley. I haven't bought it yet, but think it looks very functional- has a lid that automatically comes off when you open the cabinet door, and it can use the plastic bags that you get from the grocery store. I used to have a similar one in my old house, but can't remember why I no longer had one- think I hated lifting up the lid?

From the specs I think it will fit under my sink.

Here is a link that might be useful: Lee Valley garbage can

I currently have a SS garbage can with a toe kick next to my island. I love it. It's nice to not have to touch anything to throw something away. If your hands are dirty because you just touched raw chicken or changed a dirty diaper (I currently have two kids in diapers), it's nice.

I'm still in the design phase of my remodel and I will have a pull-out garbage can built in to my new cabinetry. I would actually prefer to keep my large SS can but there would be no where to put it in my new kitchen.

I have a SS can with the pedal at the end of my island. My island overhangs 6" on each end anyway. So the can is under the overhang. Half the can is under and half is not. Behind the can there happens to be a support column anyway, so the can is not seen from the other side of the island. It is working out perfect for me. Its central to all my work stations.

Ditto on what jennyct said. I don't want to use my hands to get into the garbage.

I'm with most of the others. I've got a SS can with pedal. I don't like having the trash under the sink or in a cabinet because I usually have stuff in my hands and like to just open with my foot. Plus the hidden ones are usually smaller, and I prefer large (=less frequent changeouts and trips to the garbage can.) In our new kitchen, it will be at the end of an island and somewhat hidden from others viewing it.

Trash cab with toe kick opener here!

Hmmm, I did not want to see it, but I did not want it to be under the sink as I also wanted plenty of space for the recyclables.

What I love is that I pull it toward me when I'm at the sink, or at the chopping block.

Here is a picture, but sorry about the blur - (I had just gotten the camera)

I had my cabinet maker make a cabinet for the trash. I like to drag it around the kitchen with me. When I'm cooking it's out. otherwise it's hidden. it's a tall kitchen trash can, looks short in the picture.

I designed the kitchen walls to have an open space at the end of one cabinet run, near the sink and prep. area, for my alltime favorite garbage can: metal with a step-on pedal. When working with something really messy I pile stuff in a bowl, on wax paper, or similar while working, then take the few steps away to the garbage can.

I'm afraid that garbage cans and recyclables under the sink, in open or closed containers, attract bugs. We live in a buggy climate and I don't use pesticides. Recyclables get piled in one area near the outside door and taken outside daily, sorted if needed.

SS toe kick under 12" island overhang:

We have one built into our under-island cabs, which works pretty well; I can just scoot the cooking mess right off the island into the pulled-out container. Previous house, we this we had a toe-pedal one under the island overhang, a "Simple Human" brand that we now keep in the garage and which still works well.

{{!gwi}}

One can is for garbage, the other for recyclables.