I don't have any photos, just opinions ;-) We have a pull out trash bin but not part of a taller cabinet. It is an incredible challenge to keep clean. I would not want it to be part of a taller cabinet with anything in it, imagining cooties from the trash ending up in the foodstuffs, small appliances, anything. With my current experience my new kitchwn will not have a pull out trash bin.

I would not want pullout garbage, or any garbage cans in my pantry where food is stored. Aside from potential odors, garbage pails tend to get dirty. Some members of a family are not careful about making sure the food waste actually gets into the bag(s). Sometimes, the user fails to close the pullout door fully. Ask me how I know…

Additionally, I want my pullout pails at the prep area. Convenience rules.

I was considering a second, separate cabinet stacked on top, if that makes a difference, not the same cabinet. But point taken. I didn’t realize they were so dirty and attracted bugs. Right now, we have to walk across the room to the trash bin that is sitting in a walkway because we have no place else to put it.

Under the sink, and take it out daily.

I’ve never had a problem with my pull out trash cans. I’ve had them in several kitchens for the last twenty years and I do them for all my clients. They are best directly next to the sink.

A lot of it depends upon your trash and how you manage it. We have a disposal and anything that can't go in there that's messy gets wrapped up or carefully stuffed into the can. Recycling gets washed first, non recyclable gets washed too.

We have to because we have to keep it all in the house until pickup day. So our pullout was as clean as any cabinet.

My sister had to forego a pullout in her kitchen remodel because they have no disposal and her husband vaguely tosses things at the trash container and it the wall around it and the floor all get dirty so a cabinet would be filthy in short order.

If you are closer to the former it could probably go anywhere. If you are closer to the latter it may need to be more isolated or skipped.

Our former home had a small, u-shaped kitchen, with no place for a pullout garbage. We bought a very basic wire roll out shelf (there was no Rev-a-Shelf back then), which was installed under the sink. Not perfect, but better than a garbage can sitting on the floor, far from the prep area.

You don't need a separate cabinet, just install the pullout in the bottom of the tall pantry.

I've never had a problem with pullout trash and recycles. It's very easy to clean, just remove the bins to do so.

If it makes you feel better, put a fixed shelf in to separate the trash area from the area above.

Ideally you should be able to stand in one spot and scrape plates/cookware into the trash, rinse if needed, and place in dishwasher. I take trash out every other day at most, and nightly if there is seafood or meat wrapping in there. My trash bin is medium size, and nothing sits in it long enough to get smelly or gross. It does need to get wiped down much more frequently than any other cabinet but that’s not a big deal. I just give it a swipe after cleaning up dinner - I am standing right there anyway.