I've seen it set up for the recycle/trash bins - very good use of that space!

if your sink isn't set up to utilize that weird space, this is the way to go if you can.

google 'blind corner cabinet' etc - this is one of the best uses for that corner that I found on a search.

Desertsteph-- did you find any actual links to what I described? I've spent a ton o' time googling various phrase combinations. Most of what I've found are clunky, overdesigned sliding shelves and such. This seems like it should be simple!

Eliz -- that's an intriguing alternative. I guess you reach in and push the bins to rotate them around to the one you need? One thing that concerns me about this particular unit is the way that corner unit seems to jut out...as though it's deeper than the adjacent counters.

This seems like a simple idea that would work well for lots of people. I would have thought that there would be 101 suppliers of them.

Seaduck, my girlfriend's corner cabinet is flush; it doesn't jut out as is shown in the photo here. I've been to her place and used it - quite easy and as you said, it's a simple rotation to get to the container you want.

HTH,
Eliz

I remember seeing a lazy susan/corner recycle center setup several months ago where there were 4 bins to make a complete circle, but I can't remember where I saw it or the manufacturer...

(I found a 4-bin setup in a "regular" cabinet, but I can't seem to find the lazy susan setup I saw.)

I have the corner recycle center that elizpiz shows. Like her friends, mine is in a corner cabinet that does not protuded like the pic's does.

I love it, we use one bin for trash, one for soda cans, and the other for recycleables.

Thank you, everyone! Reading your posts, then looking at the links makes me think that this might be the way to go. Probably simpler, cheaper, and more intuitive than the pull-out thing I had in mind. I'll double check dimensions.

FYI to anyone who cares ...this seems to come in two versions, one where the bins simply rotate around the pole and the cab door is hinged, as in Eliz's photo. The other is attached to the cab doors, so you push the door, which rotates with the unit, like a lot of typical lazy susans. I'm not sure I see any advantage to that. Eliz's version (marzhere -- is that what you have) seems simpler, and I like that you can see into the whole base cab.

Seaduck,

Yes, I have one like Eliz's picture. Not sure if you're looking to replace cabinets etc, in addition to the recycle center or just looking for something for an existing cabinet, but...

We ordered our cabinets from Schuler and they also sold the "recycle center", which would already be installed in the cabinet when it was delivered. The price for the "whole" recycle cabinet was pretty expensive.

I found the "recycle center" setup online and ordered that. We then ordered the 36" corner cabinet with a stationary shelf (think it was the cheapest corner cabinet offered). When the cabinets were delivered (we were a DIYer), DH cut the shelf out and installed the recycle center. By buying the center seperately from the cabinet, we saved quite a bit.

Hi Marzhere,
This is a keep-it-simple redo. (Ha! I can already laugh at that.) The plan is to remove our Formica countertops and replace them with marble, while keeping the cabs (except for adding one new tall storage cab where we have room). This blind corner has vexed me since we moved in 10 years ago -- the existing lazy susan doesn't work well, so it's just lost space. I'm hoping that we can just retrofit this recycling unit in the space once the Formica is removed.

Our cabinets should be installed within the next month or so- I chose the trash bins for my corner. I figured it would be the best use of space. :)

I wish I'd seen those before we built. Merillat didn't have that option but we could have installed it ourselves. We have the double trash pullout for recyclables, but I forgot that CT has bottle deposit so instead of newspapers one gets used for soda cans. Trash is under the sink. But I may change out the 18" double trash pullout to pullout drawers and replace the LS in the corner with a 3-4 bin trash/recycle when we get new countertops in a few years!

Does anybody know if you have to pull the countertop off to get these in, or is there a telescoping rod with a cotter pin that can just be pulled out? Also, the inside of my corner cabinet is curved - is that a problem for the bins?

Diamond cabinets sells them with the option of a hinged door or revolving door:

http://www.diamondcabinets.com/storage/storage_display.cfm?sec=corner_cabinets&did=90

I did not order one (and now wondering if I should have). I got the double trash which is only 18 inches wide and holds two bins. I opted to do two super susans with angled corners in each of my blind corners...

HTH..

ajsmama - It can be installed without taking the countertop off. There is a center pole support that attaches to the underside of the countertop. We have 2 cm granite w/wood under, thus it's attached to the wood that is under the granite. If you attach to laminate, shorter screws would probably be needed. There is also a support that attaches to the "floor" of the cabinet.

As to the cabinet curve, is the whole cabinet curved on the inside? I think I understand what you are saying, would you like me to measure from the center pole to the edge of a can? Thus, the clearance needed for the cans to rotate properly.

Thanks marzhere - the link said it was 28" diameter but at the shortest point I have *just* that. The LS diameter is 27.5". So I'm wondering if the bins are going to hit?

Okay, I measured mine and get 27" at what I think is the widest point. Looking back to elizpiz's posted picture, I put the tape measure against the center pole and measured from the can that has the visable recycling emblem (pretty much at where the cabinet 'touches' the can in the picture - it doesn't really touch, only a visual) to the can in the back's same spot. Hope all that makes sense, lol.

If your LS is 27.5", I would think it would work.

Thanks.

Marzhere--
Thanks for all your good info on this. I took a look at our existing corner, measured a 28" diam over our current countertop. Seems tight, but the literature says it will fit in a 36" cabinet, which I take to mean the standard 24" counter depth plus the 12" cab we have on each side of the blind corner.
For people who are looking at this: it seems that many of the units that are available at various websites are actually the same unit, made by Knape & Vogt, a well-known producer of finish hardware.

Hafele has one for corner cabinet with three trash 32 oz bins. model #503-14-700. Good luck. Jill - Highline Design LLC

Hello! Your post have been very helpful !! I love the idea of the rotating garbage bins, but I have a few concerns...

Can you comfortably dump the garbage in the bin or do you find yourself reaching in? Is the hinge door unpractical?

Thank you for your help, Carol