My trash can is in the laundry/pantry room, off the kitchen. I've never liked having trash can right in the kitchen. And I get more exercise that way too - bonus!! :-)

Mine is going next to prep.

I've circled my trash cabinet in yellow. It is conveniently located to both the clean-up sink and the prep sink. We have an Ikea Utrusta opener on the cabinet which is so dang fabulous! I highly recommend them to everyone.

In the picture below, the trash cabinet is the far right cabinet on the island.

My prep sink is on the island and that is where my double trash bins are. One for trash and one for recyclables. My large cleanup sink is on the island and I put a pull out small trash can under the sink there. I also have Incinerators in both sinks.

I can take a picture of both tomorrow.

Mine was next to the cleanup sink. DW, sink, trash. Compost bucket on counter by prep sink. Now my trash and recycling are freestanding on the kitchen's periphery and I have a really big dog food pullout cabinet.

I have currently 2 garbage containers, 1 huge one inside the walk in pantry and another small "stinky garbage" on the door below my sink. Stinky gets taken out daily, big stuff when it fills up. My new kitchen will have stinky stuff below the island prep sink, and a large 2-container pull out (recycle and non-stinky stuff) at the end of the perimeter cabinets. No one has to walk through prep area or cooking area to put items in. I love having 2 with a family of 6.

We have two- one under each sink. Compost goes in a separate bin, and stinky stuff goes in the freezer until trash day. Our trash pull-outs just barely fit; I found a shorter can that fits the pull-out, and it clears the pipes by less than 1/4". With two seasoned citizens, we don't don't generate a lot of trash.

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I don't want 2 trashes. That is just more work and what I see is cooked food scraps going in one and trimmings of meat/fruit/veges in the other so they both stink. The in between placement is an option but then it is not ideal for either.

We are intermittent composters but don't plan a garden (small yard) and we don't have city pickup. And you still have meat scraps in the prep area.

Put it by prep if you can't get it convenient to both.

I'm definitely in the minority, but we placed ours by our cleanup sink.....actually by our DW. It's a pullout with trash and recyclable bins. I didn't want the trash near our prep area because that is our island and you'd have to enter the kitchen to throw anything away. And we generate more trash during cleanup and non-cooking items (recyclable containers, graded schoolwork/projects, school forms, used craft supplies, after meal leftovers, etc) than prep trash. We also entertain quite a bit and during get together's I don't like people constantly in and out of my kitchen just to throw something away.

Yes, it's a few extra steps to get to when working in the kitchen, but it's a few less steps when you're outside of the kitchen and need to throw something away and you don't get in anyone's way. But I really think this is one of those choices that is completely dependent on your family and how you operate.

I put a small roll out trash and recycling under each sink. We do not compost. And we take out the trash and recycling every night regardless of size of fill of container.

PS My sinks are farmhouse/belfast style and leave a bit less room underneath unfortunately.

my trash is in my cleanup sink cabinets. it is useful to scrape food inside before washing.

My plan is to have two.

By prep: a trash/recycling combo.

Under cleanup: a small trash

Since DH takes out the trash, having two won't be any extra work for me :).

When we entertain, I put out larger trash/recycling containers so people don't have to go into the kitchen to throw things away.

My trash is next to the cleanup sink. General trash and recyclables. Most of the prep "trash" here is future compost. This goes into a dedicated bowl i can store under the prep sink when I desire, until I move it outdoors.

Not everyone composts. If you do, compost should still go near the Prep Zone to compost veggie/fruit "leavings".

BTW...most trash pullout bins can be taken out of the pullout if you need it elsewhere, especially for short-term tasks such as cleaning up/scraping dishes. I sometimes do that since mine are too far away from the Prep Zone for easy use (I hate crossing the >6' aisle or more with dripping stuff!) But I don't like having the trash or recycling bins out too long b/c of the dogs!

I have a square kitchen, so my pull-out trash (2 cans -- one for recycle) are accessible from both the prep sink and the clean-up sink.

My pull-out is to the left of the farmhouse sink (where the blue dishtowel is hanging), but when pulled out, it's usable from the prep sink. Since I'm one person, blocking the entry when prepping is not an issue. When I have guests over, I use a stainless steel bowl on top of the counter to catch trash while I prep, then put it in the trash/disposal/recycle at clean-up time.

cpartist - I'm still laughing about your two "Incinerators." Right there in the kitchen! We had one of those in the service yard when I was a child. I think they've been outlawed for residential use pretty much everywhere since the 60s or so.

Yeah, yeah, I know you meant Insinkerator, aka garbage disposal, but it just tickled my funny bone.

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On a more serious note, how many people here have a regular "green waste" pickup from your trash company? We have trash, recycle, and green waste, meaning yard clippings and garbage (+kleenex and paper towels). I love not having to put compostable waste into the trash headed for a landfill. I put garbage, etc. into a stainless steel bowl on the counter and dump it as needed, then it goes in the DW. Very tidy.

Ha, Suzanne, I've been amusing myself with the same incinerator thoughts, though mine were of a silent, serene kitchen with an ordinary-looking cabinet door by each sink that when opened reveals a roaring, scorching, white-hot, blast-furnace inferno, into which the homeowner nonchalantly tosses a banana peel. Hmm, maybe this should go on the Appliances board.

Back on topic, we too have weekly yard waste pickup, so our two trash drawers include compost and trash under the main sink and recycling under the second sink.

We don't have recycling in our trash pick up- it's not even available. To make things worse, the drop-off spots have been discontinued as well. If you really want to recycle, you have to drive a 22 mile round trip to the landfill. Now, that makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?