Rotating trash/recycling bins in the corner?

9 years ago

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I noticed that several cab manufacturers now have a rotating bin system for corner cabs - I like the idea in theory, as it uses up those useless corners.

Anyone actually have one and willing to offer their comments?
We're designing our kitchen to have an accessible sink, so I don't wish to put the garbage under it.

(Pic from Thomasville website)

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AnnKH

9 years ago

I too have two corners in my kitchen. One has the super susan; the other is blocked off, with drawers on each side. I thought long and hard about that second corner - my kitchen isn't huge, and I despise the idea of "wasted" space - but because my kitchen is small, I needed to make the most efficient use of space that I could.

The corner in question is between the sink and the range. By blanking off the corner, I could add a 4-drawer stack, 18" wide, which contains small utensils, bags and wraps, dish towels, and a drawer for potatoes and onions. The adjacent stack is 3 drawers, 24" wide, with a top drawer for cooking utensils, a middle drawer for pots and pans, and a bottom drawer for canisters of dry goods (sugar, flour, pasta, etc). We use those drawers many times every day - and only blocking off the corner allowed me to use that space so effectively.

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AnnKH
9 years ago
I have a super susan in my corner, for small appliances. It's far from useless!

If the corner is the most logical place in the kitchen for trash, and/or is out of the way for recycling, it would be OK, I guess. We have mixed recycling, so our double trash pullout is perfect. We recycle a lot, but still only need to empty the recycling bin to the garage about once a week - I would not need 3 big bins, so that would be a waste of space for me.

And the one shown doesn't appear to have a door, which I would not like at all. I think a trash/recycle pullout is far more efficient.
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ProSource Memphis
9 years ago
It's designed for a really big kitchen that doesn't need the storage. A super susan is SO much more useful in most kitchens. We did put one in our Dynasty display, but it'sa display. I would never choose it in real life, except in maybe a party kitchen that saw a lot of cans and bottles.
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lookintomyeyes83
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9 years ago
AnnKH - there are two versions - a partial overlay that has a rotating door (hence why you dont see it), and a full overlay door, which would be similar to on a super susan.

Since we buy in bulk, we tend to get large quantities of recyclables at once, then nothing. So I could see myself filling those containers without too much trouble.

Most of my kitchen gadgets (mixer, kettle, etc) will be in the 2nd corner cabinet, which will have a super susan, so it's more a question of do I need two fo the same, or will a bigger garbage be better for us? We currently have a 50L garbage can that's not under a cab and we empty it probably twice a week...so I like the larger size.

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In our current plan, the roundable garbage can would be just to the left of the sink, so pretty easy to use, as long as its sturdy and wouldn't break easy.

As for our other 'stuff' - I don't own a kitchenaid, and getting a dedicated pantry will get most of our food goods out of cupboards, so I don't get the feeling that we'll need two super susans for much. Blender, handmixer, crock pot in one shelf (if they can even support that much weight?), and probably pyrex and stock pots in the other shelf (if tall enough).

I admit though, I hate the idea of the super susans because in order to rotate them you get a bunch of dead space in the corners of the cab. A simple reach-in seems more useful for what I'd need to store.
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9 years ago
I could use something like this for storing dog and cat food. Of course, not everyone's household is as petcentric as ours!
blfenton
9 years ago
How is it rotated? With the amount of recycling that we have to do we empty ours every couple of days. We could easily use one of those. I'm assuming they can be installed after-market?

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