kitchen recycling made easy
If you visited the Grand Designs Show at London’s Exel between 1st – 9th May you may have spotted the new SmartTrasher recycling bin which I’m tipping to be the next big thing in kitchen recycling and storage.
Smart Trasher is the shape and size of a domestic dishwasher and sits discreetly between standard kitchen units. Unlike conventional recycling bins, the Smart Trasher compacts your waste allowing loads more volume of recycling to be contained within a small area. Now that’s got to be good for both you and your local authority when it comes to sorting and storing recyclables for the fortnightly collection.
The unit itself consists of two drawers; the upper has half a dozen crushers for plastics, tin cans, glass etc. which feed the lower with its colour coded removable recycling bins. There’s even a handy light system on the exterior to let you know when each bin needs emptying. Better still, this unit requires no special plumbing in, simply requiring a standard 13 amp socket for power.
RRP’s are to be set around the £2,000 mark which is pretty hefty but nevertheless I think recycling system could be a real winner both as a kitchen space saver and also a helping hand for local authorities when sorting and processing recycling.
If £2,000 is a bit steep for you then there’s always our very own space saving stacking recycle bins which are also made from 90% recycled plastic.
Tags: kitchen storage