Use a touch latch.

Wouldn't a touch latch keep the door from being all the way closed though? Since there will be trash in there, I want to to not have a gap.

By touch latch do you mean the type where you bump it and it opens? If so my friend has one and the cabinet does stay completely closed until you bump it.

You would have to drill but why not a small C-shape pull or cup pull? They are rounded, and you could get your toe in it. You could even get a wooden one and paint or stain to match the cabinets to blend it a bit. Still visible, but sometime function trumps the rest.

I actually just keep a piece of paper towel handy to open doors and drawers if I am going to get my hands dirty.

"Wouldn't a touch latch keep the door from being all the way closed though? Since there will be trash in there, I want to to not have a gap."

"By touch latch do you mean the type where you bump it and it opens? If so my friend has one and the cabinet does stay completely closed until you bump it."

Exactly!
And if the contents become to heavy, install the "latch" in the center and 2 or more on either side W/O the plunger, which is the latch, to add spring relief.

I'll look for a touch latch and see if it would work. In my mind, you have to push the door to activate the touch latch and if you're pushing the door, it must not be all the way closed. Isn't that how it would be? If the door is all the way closed, it can't possibly be pushed. So that's why I'm confused.

No, it's not quite like that. I couldn't find the regular (non-electric) Utrusta mentioned above on the US ikea site right now (which doesn't mean it's not available), but they also have a heavy-duty electrical version now, specifically meant for heavy trash pullouts. No idea of how well it works--don't know anyone who has it yet.

Here is a link that might be useful: Electrical Utrusta for trash pullouts

I looked too but I don't have a way to plug an opener in under this cabinet.

I know they sell the regular non-electric push latches, since that's the only way to open their Besta series wall unit components. They're just not on the website at the moment (common in ikea-land).

I'll look again later. There's no store here so I can only order ikea stuff online.

I think the Ikea Besta Push Latch is what writersblock (in an eponymous moment perhaps? ;) ) was trying to think of.

I have this latch installed on my recycling pullout under the sink and it works very well. I have "old school" partial overlay doors with exposed hinges so I left on the hinges but just took out the screws. I installed the Besta on the floor of the cabinet since there was room next to the recycling pullout. I often use my toe (shod or not) to push on the spot where I know the latch is, and the door pops open a couple inches; enough room to get my toe, hand, or recycling object inserted to pull open the pull-out.

hth

Here is a link that might be useful: ikea besta latch

Yes, that's it. It was called UTRUSTA a couple of months ago. (I've been looking at them as a possibility for vanity drawers.)

It's interesting they changed the name, since now they use Utrusta in Europe as the category name for all the hardware for the new Metod kitchen cabinets. The push latch looks identical, only it's all white in the new line.

This post was edited by writersblock on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 15:27

You can measure the off-set with an automotive feeler gauge.
If you have felt felt bumper pads as silencers on the doors and drawers, you won't notice any increase in separation.