Sounds like Simple Human is making some buck$ brainwashing us to think even our trash cans should be designer!

However, sadly, the pedal went last month on the can, so I am torn as to what I should do… get it fixed or buy something new? I spent a ridiculous amount on it, so I feel guilty lol.

I think MaryB’s interpretation of a simple human trash can is the best – we should all just have garbage butlers. :)

And Keva, the picture is from PointClickHome.

Sherry and I have had our trash both ways. In our old kitchen we had a nice, tall white metal version with a foot pedal. I loved the no hands approach but it had to go in a corner far away from the countertop so it wasn’t the most convenient when cooking.

Now we’ve got one tucked in a regular cabinet under the sink, mainly because there’s no easy place for it out in the open. Opening the cabinet is sometimes annoying and I kind of wish we could fit a larger capacity can under there, but I like the convenience of it being right there. And since it’s concealed I like that we can use a cheap plastic version and nobody’s the wiser.

Our recycling lives under there too, so our under sink cabinet is basically one big junk recepticle. If we had an attached garage, I would totally put the recycling directly out there like I did growing up. That was the life.

Thanks for the input everyone!

-John

Our trash can is exposed only because we don’t have room in a cabinet for a smaller can. But ours, like most everyone else who commented, is stainless, so it looks fairly nice. I don’t really like the idea of keeping a trash can in the pantry where my food is, anyway. We have a woven basket in our bonus room that houses our recyclables.

When we remodel the kitchen, the trash can will either go in the pantry or in the adjacent laundry room. I don’t like having it out and visible.