Best Recycling Bins – from budget to premium, play your part for the environment
Sorting out your cardboard, newspaper and magazine, glass jars and bottles, plastic containers from your waste can be a big job if you use a conventional bin at home. These multi-compartment recycling bins will make your life a lot easier with higher models even include a small food waste bin.
With the many recycling initiatives and facilities created by the local authorities, more and more of our household waste can now be recycle. But, sorting them out into the different categories of recyclables meant separate storage are required. Leaving glass and plastic bottles and containers aside on the kitchen counter just creates more clutter and is not the best solution.
We look at some of the cheapest to mid-range and high-end recycle bins that will solve your recycling woes.
Best Recycling Bins
The recycling bins in our line-up are either single bin with up to three compartments or individual bins combined as one with interlocking hinges or stackable design allowing for sorting of the different wastes.
The single unit design comes with either two or three built-in compartments or drawers, with a single or multiple individual lids. While the individual units are simply just individual bins, colour coded for different recyclables.
3 Compartments
Pack Of Threes – BUDGET
- 3 x 25Litre Plastic Recycling Bins
- 3 x 30Litre Interlocking Waste and Recycling Bins
- 45Litre Casa Pura Large Bucket Pedal Bins (70Litre / 90Litre)
- 3 x Stacking Recycle Bin
Standard – MID-RANGE
- Hailo 33Litre (3 x 11) Trento Oko Recycling and Sorting Pedal Bin
- Zyon 36Litre (3 x 12) Recycling Pedal Bin
- VonHaus 45Litre (3 x 15) Stainless Steel 3 in 1 Compartment Indoor Recycling Pedal Bin
High End – PREMIUM
2 Compartments
- Wesco Push Two Recycling Bin 50Litre – ROUND, TOUCH
- simplehuman Wide-Step Recycling Pedal Bin 46Litre – RECTANGLE, PEDAL
- simplehuman Butterfly Recycler 40Litre – ROUND, PEDAL
- simplehuman Rectangular Touch Bar Recycler 48Litre (or Steel Bar Recycler) – RECTANGLE, TOUCH
- Brabantia Touch Bin Twin Bucket 2 x 20Litre – ROUND, TOUCH
- Brabantia Touch Bin Twin Bucket, 10L and 23L Plastic Buckets – ROUND, TOUCH
Now for a closer look at the different recycle bins.
3 Compartments
Pack Of Threes – BUDGET
3 x 25Litre Plastic Recycling Bins
3 x 30Litre Interlocking Waste and Recycling Bins
45Litre Casa Pura Large Bucket Pedal Bins (70Litre / 90Litre)
Three different sizes and lid with different colours, the Casa Pura Large Bucket Pedal Bins are among the biggest recycle bins in our list, see dimensions below. Each of the bins are sold separately.
Dimensions and corresponding lid colours:
- L: Red lid – 45 Litres (Size: 40.5x39x59cm)
- XL: Blue lid – 70 Litres (Size: 50x40x66cm)
- XXL: Yellow lid – 90 Litres (Size: 50x41x82cm)
3 x Stacking Recycle Bin
Standard – MID-RANGE
Hailo 33Litre (3 x 11) Trento Oko Recycling and Sorting Pedal Bin – SINGLE LID, PEDAL
Zyon 36Litre (3 x 12) Recycling Pedal Bin – INDIVIDUAL LIDS, PEDALS
VonHaus 45Litre Stainless Steel 3 in 1 Compartment Indoor Recycling Pedal Bin – INDIVIDUAL LIDS, PEDALS
High End – PREMIUM
Joseph Joseph Intelligent Waste Totem Recycling Bin 50L or 60L
2 Compartments
Wesco Push Two Recycling Bin 50L – ROUND, TOUCH (PUSH FLAP)
simplehuman Wide-Step Recycling Pedal Bin 46L – RECTANGLE, PEDAL
simplehuman Butterfly Recycler 40L – ROUND, PEDAL
simplehuman Rectangular Touch Bar Recycler 48L– RECTANGLE, TOUCH
Also available the Pedal version simplehuman Steel Bar Recycler Pedal Bin – RECTANGLE, PEDAL
Brabantia Touch Bin Twin Bucket 2 x 20L – ROUND, TOUCH
Available in Brilliant Steel or Matt Fingerprint Proof Stainless Steel
Brabantia Touch Bin Twin Bucket 10L and 23L Plastic Buckets – SEMI-ROUND, TOUCH
Available in Brilliant Steel or Matt Fingerprint Proof Stainless Steel
