Thanks. Can you tell me more about what you mean by swap positions?

Am I imagining this correct - you stand in front of the sink and garbage drawer is on one side, dishwasher on the other side of you?

Mine is actually just to the right of the sink, with the dishwasher to the right of the trash/recycle bin pullout. This one is the first time I have ever had one as well, however since I designed my own kitchen it was one of my 'must haves'.

I don't know why but I do not like to see a garbage can in a kitchen. Besides with floor space at a minimum & not being able to have a garbage disposal in my kitchen, it was a must.

Also I only have a small counter area to the left of my sink.

Ours is in the island across from the dishwasher. When both are open they nearly touch. It's perfect because I can scrape the dishes and put them in the dishwasher with one turn. (Our dishes don't need prerinsing).

I like garbage, sink, dishwasher in a row. You can dump into garbage, rinse dish in sink, put into dishwasher - feels natural. Mine are in that order left to right, my moms are in reverse order - either work well.

i'm with intown, trash:sink:dishwasher. put them in whichever order needed so that the garbage is the first thing you come to when carrying plates from where you eat.

I prefer to have a cutout in the island and regular trash cans. the idea of trash inside cabinets is not appealing

I have my sink - then my integrated trash can in my cabinet and then my stove. I do all my prep between stove and sink. Perfect place for my trash!

The layout I was talking about is an "L" shape. Standing at the sink we are at the top of the "L" and the dishwasher is to my left at the "corner" of the "L" and then on the floor of the "L" is a cabinet at the corner and the garbage pullout next to that with a 3 drawer base at the end. Does that make better sense? What I said about swapping their positions was to have the dishwasher in the middle of the peninsula and the garbage next to the sink. I went back and forth on swapping them though so my husband just made the final design about it for us.

I always urge you to close your eyes and cook a meal in your head from prep to cleaning up, watch yourself. Is it quick and efficient? Is there an extra step you can eliminate? Can you reach the trash easily? Is it close to where you will prep? Scrape dishes and throw them in the dishwasher?

As close to the sink as possible. Better work flow

I have my garbage drawer in the island. I LOVE it because my kids eat there and I do my chopping/prep work there and can so easily wipe the crumbs and scraps directly into the garbage without dropping on the way over. Wouldn't change a thing.

You will need the two items which require a drain to be together, usually the sink & dishwasher. It makes sense to keep the garbage container close to those two as well. It is a matter of personal taste or a matter of what is logical within the design to put what where.