Is £200 for a kitchen bin fucking ridiculous?

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So we've just had a new kitchen fitted, which we saved for years to buy. Our black plastic swing top bin (B&Q, £21.99 - I promise this is relevant later) has had a broken bit for the past 8 years or so, so the lid no longer fits snugly. It's also very ugly, although I guess that's subjective.

I thought I'd like to get one of those brabantia touch bins as they look nice but instead I was inexorably drawn towards this: www.johnlewis.com/joseph-joseph-intelligent-waste-separation-recycling-totem-bin-60l/p1897300?colour=Stone

DH didn't want any part in bin discussions. I did try to get him enthused about bin choice, but he wasn't really biting so in the end I proposed that I should have Absolute Bin Autonomy and he acquiesced. With my Absolute Bin Autonomy I purchased the above bin using the joint account.

DH now says that £200 for a bin is a "fucking waste of money" given the longevity and cost of our previous bin, and I'll need to repay him in favours involving vats of lube and marmosets. It may have been marmalade. (He is actually joking, for anyone who may take this literally.)

To me, Absolute Bin Autonomy allows me to choose the bin of my dreams. I admit that £200 is a fucking ridiculous price for a bin, but the autonomy principle stands, no? AIBU?

I'm agog that people don't empty their kitchen bin every day - poo-ee!!!

Meh. I have a Simple Human one that's a similar price. We had an awkward and very visible location (very open plan, only place bin can go is height restricted, guests walk past it etc.), plus the need for waste and recycling. If it wasn't so awkward / visible I'd have spent less but in the circumstances the price was the price and we could afford it. If you can afford it, I don't really see the problem.

Don't worry Meredith I only pine for it when I am reminded of its existence. I just love anything that organises things, just the way I am :)

koala the bitty bits lift out and can go in the dishwasher. We would have to have separate bins for the different types of waste anyway so bits are inevitable if I want to avoid having a row of 4 bins

Why would I empty my bin every day? There's bugger all in it. A bit of plastic wrapping maybe. We waste very little food, veg peelings go in the compost, cardboard paper, rinsed out tin and plastic trays go in the recycling.

Agrees with tinklylittlelaugh

I don't empty mine until it's full - or smells. Food waste in the caddy then in the green waste bin outside. Cans and plastics outside. Glass washed and then taken to recycling point. Nothing very smelly so no need to do it every day. Don't wash towels after only one use either....

My kitchen bin never smells because we have to recycle in my area. Food waste goes straight into the brown bin outside, plastics, tins and paper go out into the blue bin. So the kitchen bin just sees cellophane, crisp/chocolate bar wrappers, jiffy bags that can't recycle, etc. Everything that's smelly is also a recyclable!

Two hundred quid for a bin. Somebody is furious, somebody is laughing and somebody had been had. Potty.

I empty my main rubbish compartment either when it's full or if it smells. Normally every 3 days or so.

I've got that bin
Love it

Did you not have space for a waste sorting cupboard in your new kitchen so it's all hidden away? I realise this may not be a helpful comment at your stage but am surprised people with big open plan kitchens don't do it.

I can't imagine ever spending more than £10 on a bin. Maybe I'm cheap and tight? While I can think of hundreds of things I'd rather spend £200 on it's your money and you're free to do with it as you wish, enjoy your fancy bin!
Secretly jealous I don't have £200 to drop on things like bins

if you can afford it then get it!
I have it in grey but the smaller version which was cheaper, I love it sad as that may be!

I have the jj totem. Love it, didn't tell dh how much it costs until after he said he liked it. I got 10% off as it was my first purchase from their website, so not quite £200.

Why would I empty my bin every day? There's bugger all in it. A bit of plastic wrapping maybe. We waste very little food, veg peelings go in the compost, cardboard paper, rinsed out tin and plastic trays go in the recycling.

Well exactly. I empty the bin once a week unless something grotty is in it, but that's a rare occurrence. Mainly it's got orange nets, cellophane wrappers, erm that's about all.

how can a bin be self cleaning? does it take itself outside?

English - what are you putting in your bins? Most of our rubbish is just clean rinsed out tins or glass, or paper and card. Food waste is minimal and mainly clean ish things like peelings which all go seperatly in a small food bin. The food bin we empty every few days, the rest once a week when bin men due but the bins aren't full then

It's something you use several times a day, I bet it costs a tiny fraction of what your total kitchen cost, you love it and you can afford it. YADNBU. Might as well have something you love for the unpleasant task it has to do. Enjoy!!!

You had total bin autonomy. He's got an idiot for a partner. You're both £200 poorer. Swings and roundabouts.

Fair enough Art. I don't recycle so everything goes into one small bin and is emptied every day.

I finally clicked on the link and looked at the bin in question. I was fully prepared to be blown away and to realise the error of my ways in thinking "how could you spend £200 on a bin?".

I take it back. It is EVEN SHITTIER than I thought possible. It's just a bin. And it looks like crap. Oh my god. Two hundred pounds on that?

We recycle and still empty our bin every day/other day. I use plastic bags as bin liners though so they're not massive. We can only recycle plastic bottles so most of it is other types of plastic it doesnt smell though

What's everyone doing with the food caddy waste? Recycling it how? Does the council take it away and compost it or something?