Home Recycling bins

trigger2

Hi

Does anybody know where I can buy a reasonably priced set of recycling bins to use at home ? I'm looking for 2 or 3 crates to use (outside) for plastics & glass, as I already have a council provided bin for paper. The ones I've seen so far aren't particularly cheap so I would welcome any suggestions. Thanks

arnie&caseysma!

I have one of the old style dustbins in the back garden that I got in Makro for £7 including the lid. I use it for bottles and jars and when it is full I throw it in the back of the jeep and take it to the bottle bank.
When I move house I plan to get another one for cans and one for paper aswell as the crappy blue boxes the council gave us are hopeless - hardly anyone still has them as they have all blown away!

tiff

I use folding crates, £1.99 each in the Range.

trigger2

Tiff - is The Range online ? sorry if stupid q !

greenbee

I've been looking for some stackable containers to improve my recycling system at home (for storing stuff that needs to wait until I go to the recycling centre in the village or to the bigger facility at the tip e.g. batteries & lightbulbs), and thought I'd post the links to some of the more useful sites.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=recycling+bins&!!!!!googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=2389310966&ref=pd_sl_1hpderhf2f_b
http://www.kitchenrecyclebins.com/?gclid=CLvpg7mKw5gCFZCD3godCi2V0w
http://www.homerecycling.co.uk/catalogue.php?category_id=2
http://www.convertbin.com/pages/index.php

arkonite_babe

Instore stock these types of crates as do B&Q and homebase

HTH

Fire_Fox

Good post and responses! I am also looking for a cheap but attractive solution to my recycling/ rubbish storage. As we live in a city centre flat and don't have either recycling collection or parking facilities, we do end up with quite a stash!

Presently we recycle
Paper - dedicated brushed steel box with own paper liners living next to the sofa
Card - gets dumped by the front door and moved weekly into an outside cupboard
Tins/ Glass/ Plastic - two cheap plastic crates lined with plastic carriers under the sink
Carrier bags (reduce or reuse first) - under the sink
General rubbish/ everything else goes in large pedal bin which lives in front of the fridge (i.e. in the way).

Tins and plastic are taken on the supermarket run every ten days to two weeks. Some paper and glass go the same way but I can't generally carry all of it, so tends to accumulate in the outside cupboard along with the cardboard until Mum takes me to the tip in her car. I don't like having such a 'bitty' system and having more recycling than space. :mad:

Have considered giving over the entire under sink area (double cupboard) to recycling, but no idea where to keep the cleaning stuff ... and the pull-out buckets are expensive! There are corners for stacking systems, but would be on full view as we have a combined kitchen and living area ....

mcspanna

we use something similar to one of these in our kitchen - there's only two of us so it does a week or so before emptying, looks fairly smart, and so long as any tins etc are washed out first doesn't smell. Ours is actually taller and narrower with 4 drawers, but you get the idea - there are lots of different types/combinations depending on what you want to recycle.

Fire_Fox

I quite like these, and £24 for the pair is quite reasonable. They are £35 on eBay!
http://www.drawm.com/index.html

Stacking crates £15 for three from Argos:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0424277/Trail/searchtext%3ERECYCLING.htm

This would be quite smart in the right kitchen:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RECYCLING-STORAGE-UNIT-BIN-KITCHEN-RUBBISH-RRP-39-99_W0QQitemZ200304646584QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Kitchen_Accessories?hash=item200304646584&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1686|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Fire_Fox

My Twiinbins from Drawm have just arrived and they sit very neatly next to the wall (or the side of your units). Also very impressed with the no-fuss customer service - ordered, checked colour and delivered in three days. :T