Do you have a kitchen bin?

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And if so, how do you keep it clean?!

I've lost count of the bins I've binned because they just end up rusty and minging. Atm we're back to putting rubbish in the wheelie bin as we go along but that's no fun midwinter

And yes, I use liners and wash it often but it just doesn't cut it.

Yes just a cheap plastic one. I put it outside and fill with bleach and water from the outside tap and put the lid into the bin to soak.

Yes, liners in both the general and food waste sides, and food side gets a good wash and air dry outside. Maybe it needs to be smaller so it gets emptied more frequently?

I have a small plastic one from ikea that lives in a cupboard. It's really easy to wash out and keep clean.

I have a large plastic one, did have a swing top, but hard to keep clean, so now just open.
It is lined with a black bin liner, folded over the edges. once full tied up and taken outside.
The bin itself doesn't get very dirty, once a week or so I will clean it out with hot soapy water.

Plastic bin.
Swing lid goes in the dishwasher occasionally.
Base gets a bleach and a swill out from the outside tap.

Yes a tall plastic, press-lid one. I spray it with kitchen spray on the patio, then blast it with the hose.

A small Brabantia pedal bin that I purchased in a somewhat wanky phase of home improvement.

The bin itself cost more than I've paid for cars in my youth. It then transpired that the exact bin bags cost nearly £5 for 20

I ordered from Brabantia direct and, in a bid to salvage something from the whole debacle, bought in bulk as it was cheaper.

I now can't get rid of the bin (which DH has also dented) as I've about half a million bin bags that won't fit anything else. I wash the bastarding thing very regularly, as the sight of it looking grotty is enough to tip me over the edge quite frankly.

Standard grey plastic free-standing with swing lid.

Bleach the lid regularly.

Wipe down inside and outside with water and dab of bleach every time bag is changed.

When I empty mine I wipe down the outside with disinfectant like zoflora or fabulosacas they smell nice. I spray dettol all in one inside it before a new bag goes back in. Once a week it gets dragged outside and a couple of kettles of boiling water are swilled in it then bleach with cold water and it’s left to dry. Sprinkle of bicarbonate on the bottom to soak up bin water and keep it smelling ok. Mil never cleans hers and when she opens it the smell is gut renching. She once asked us to bin rake as she’d lost her false teeth and it’s too dirty a job for her, no rake through your own bin!

I would be interested to see these plastic bins of pps. We live in a very old house with a stone floor in the kitchen directly on to earth. Metal bins tend to rust and soon look grotty. I have just decided 'no more' and to reluctantly move to a plastic one. Has anyone found a naice one that isn't grey?!

@Champagneforeveryone

A small Brabantia pedal bin that I purchased in a somewhat wanky phase of home improvement.

The bin itself cost more than I've paid for cars in my youth. It then transpired that the exact bin bags cost nearly £5 for 20

I ordered from Brabantia direct and, in a bid to salvage something from the whole debacle, bought in bulk as it was cheaper.

I now can't get rid of the bin (which DH has also dented) as I've about half a million bin bags that won't fit anything else. I wash the bastarding thing very regularly, as the sight of it looking grotty is enough to tip me over the edge quite frankly.

Lol

This could so be me

Yes a cheap plastic one as the metal ones went rusty when i kept washing them

Plastic bins inside a deep kitchen drawer from Ikea. Have regular, plastic, paper, metal and compost. All simple plastic. Only the regular has a bin bag in, the rest get put in loose and rinsed out. They are always clean.

Compost gets emptied into mains garden compost daily or every other day and then goes in dishwasher ( we have 2 of these small bins to swap over)

I have two which live in my island so are hidden behind cupboard door. You need to pull them out to access them. They have a removable lid. They are a bit of a pain but don’t get particularly dirty as use bags to line them. I’ve never found the perfect bin.

Yep, a simple human. Spent £100 on it so it lasted. Has lasted 6 years so far and is still pristine

Got a plastic one, like a rectangular bucket, the sits under the sink. Easy to clean with cleaning spray and a cloth once in a blue moon

I feel your pain op. Ours is a brabantia one too. Ifrc it was about £80 and we put it on our wedding list. Someone bought it. In our old house the only place it fitted was next to the oven so every time I pulled open the oven it scratched the bin a little. Now I curse the bin every time I open it.

It's also a tallish 30 l one. Now we recycle so much more and have a good waste bin it takes forever to fill it up. And we fill it up because, as you point out the blooming bags are hard to find.

@SandyGin

I had one from asda that although it was plastic was shiny silver coloured to looked more metal. Just it's light weight gave it away.

Plastic, wash it regularly. Bin liner. Lasts indefinitely.

Asda version of brabantia here, tall and thin, 4 years old. Waitrose tall bin liners fit perfectly, and don't leak. Have never cleaned the inside of the bin, it is still fresh and shiny, outside just gets a damp cloth to get rid of any dust. Fills three times every 2 weeks, never has food waste though, that goes in caddy for the food waste collection every week.

I invested in a good kitchen bin a few years ago cause I was fed up with the grime that gets where you can’t clean and the general grossness. I bought a Joseph Joseph totem bin - use the top part for regular waste and the bottom part for recycling - and it has been worth every penny.

@SweetPetrichor

I invested in a good kitchen bin a few years ago cause I was fed up with the grime that gets where you can’t clean and the general grossness. I bought a Joseph Joseph totem bin - use the top part for regular waste and the bottom part for recycling - and it has been worth every penny.

Just had a look... wow. Looks very good but so expensive!

£10 for a plastic one. Can do different colour for waste and recycling.

Pullout kitchen bin in a 30cm under-counter space. It is absolutely the best thing ever for kitchen bins. Compost and main rubbish bins in it.

This sort of thing: www.amazon.co.uk/LITRE-KITCHEN-RECYCLINE-WASTE-PULL/dp/B01H2SUC8W?tag=mumsnetforu03-21
You put the cabinet door on the front, whole thing comes out on rails.

I have a Garden Trading metal bin, like a dustbin with a lift off lid in a creamy colour.
Newspaper in the bottom in case of leaks and 50L bags from Tesco line it. It has lasted for years. Was pondering on replacing with a Brabentia pedal bin as have been making more of an effort to recycle and compost so takes a while to fill up but put off now by PP’s
I have an awkward kitchen so a small, thin bin would be better.
I tried to do without a kitchen bin by taking rubbish out daily but got fed up with the bag on the side and don’t have much counter space.
I have been spending a ridiculous amount of time pondering kitchen bins lately too