I always see organisation videos for under your sink and in my country it’s standard for the trash bin to be there. Just wondring.
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Lots of us do use that storage space for a trash bin, yes.
I keep cleaning supplies there, the big bottle of dish soap, extra sponges, comet scrubber, etc
Not usually from my experience. There’s not a lot of room and in most houses I’ve seen that aren’t childproofed, that’s where the kitchen cleaners and tupperware lives.
I do!
Not uncommon.
Yes or a near the sink. Ours is not there because it fills up rather quickly so we have one in the kitchen with one of those steps that opens it. We make too much trash for an under sink garbage and don’t have a compactor.
Some do, some have it in a closet, our trash can is too tall to go under the sink so it’s just outside the kitchen.
That is where I would look first in every home.
Some do. I remember my aunt used to do that. I just use a trash can in a corner
When I was a kid our trash was under the sink, but it does not allow a large trash can and requires much more emptying, so we changed it up. I’d rather have trashcan out and storage under sink for cleaning supplies, hair tools, tampons, etc..
I used to have the trash under the sink. But a trash can with a liid wouldn’t fit, so we got mice. The trash is now in a covered can in a corner of the kitchen.
Some people put it in a cabinet. But I’ve never seen it under the sink. We make so much trash that a can that small wouldn’t hold even a days worth in most places.
I never have.
I loved having a trash compactor in one house I lived in.
We have cupboards that pull out and the garbage and recycling cans are in there.
Or we just have stand alone ones in our big kitchens.
I don’t but it’s very common.
Many Americans do put a trash can under the sink, yes—but not all of us. I don’t. Many American sinks have a garbage disposal, which I understand is a rare item in other countries, and that takes up room that could make it difficult to fit a garbage can under there.
We use a trashcan that is too large to fit under the sink, we use that space to store cleaning supplies.
No. Cleaning products go there – not enough room for a full kitchen trash bin.
The trash is near the sink, though.
Although the cabinet under my sink is huge. There’s not a lot of height. Because my sink is so deep, it takes up a lot of that underneath space. Plus the plumbing. I have a pullout trash and recycling bin that looks like it was a cabinet. Under my sink is just a lot of storage
I associate a trashcan hidden in a kitchen cabinet with an upper middle class household. Normal people just have the trashcan out
There is no standard american way of doing things.
Yes, not an actual trash can but a rack that screws into the cabinet door and then we put a bag into it.
A lot do, but not everyone. I have in the past, currently I’ve got a bigger kitchen and there’s a pull-out trash container in the island.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we had a trash bin under the sink, but it wasn’t very big and had to be emptied frequently. Nowadays, I have two largish bins, one for recycling and one for waste, that are by the back door. I keep cleaning supplies under the sink.
It is common enough that if I am at someone’s house and don’t overtly see a bin sitting out, under the sink is the first place I’ll look. And often successfully!
As a home care PT I have to find the garbage in every house I go to. NY state. I always look under the sink first and it’s often there. In a “fancy” kitchen I find the garbage drawer. Sometimes it’s just everywhere. 😐
If I had to bet, most don’t. I personally never had; I want easier access and I have other things I need to keep there.
But it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to see a house that has it there.
Ours is at the end of the kitchen counter. Under the sink is cleaners, sponges, dishwasher soap, etc.
Plumber here, so I see a lot of kitchens.
I’d say it is very common.
However, it is likely related to kitchen size. If they have floor space, a standalone trash bin makes sense.
But many people have small kitchens where having a trash bin in the cabinets is their best option.
no, we keep ours in the white house
I used to. But it was stinky having trash under there and also not much room. We ended up getting a larger step pedal trash that doesn’t fit under the sink
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Lots of us do use that storage space for a trash bin, yes.
I keep cleaning supplies there, the big bottle of dish soap, extra sponges, comet scrubber, etc
Not usually from my experience. There’s not a lot of room and in most houses I’ve seen that aren’t childproofed, that’s where the kitchen cleaners and tupperware lives.
I do!
Not uncommon.
Yes or a near the sink. Ours is not there because it fills up rather quickly so we have one in the kitchen with one of those steps that opens it. We make too much trash for an under sink garbage and don’t have a compactor.
Some do, some have it in a closet, our trash can is too tall to go under the sink so it’s just outside the kitchen.
That is where I would look first in every home.
Some do. I remember my aunt used to do that. I just use a trash can in a corner
When I was a kid our trash was under the sink, but it does not allow a large trash can and requires much more emptying, so we changed it up. I’d rather have trashcan out and storage under sink for cleaning supplies, hair tools, tampons, etc..
I used to have the trash under the sink. But a trash can with a liid wouldn’t fit, so we got mice. The trash is now in a covered can in a corner of the kitchen.
Some people put it in a cabinet. But I’ve never seen it under the sink. We make so much trash that a can that small wouldn’t hold even a days worth in most places.
I never have.
I loved having a trash compactor in one house I lived in.
We have cupboards that pull out and the garbage and recycling cans are in there.
Or we just have stand alone ones in our big kitchens.
I don’t but it’s very common.
Many Americans do put a trash can under the sink, yes—but not all of us. I don’t. Many American sinks have a garbage disposal, which I understand is a rare item in other countries, and that takes up room that could make it difficult to fit a garbage can under there.
We use a trashcan that is too large to fit under the sink, we use that space to store cleaning supplies.
No. Cleaning products go there – not enough room for a full kitchen trash bin.
The trash is near the sink, though.
Although the cabinet under my sink is huge. There’s not a lot of height. Because my sink is so deep, it takes up a lot of that underneath space. Plus the plumbing. I have a pullout trash and recycling bin that looks like it was a cabinet. Under my sink is just a lot of storage
I associate a trashcan hidden in a kitchen cabinet with an upper middle class household. Normal people just have the trashcan out
There is no standard american way of doing things.
Yes, not an actual trash can but a rack that screws into the cabinet door and then we put a bag into it.
A lot do, but not everyone. I have in the past, currently I’ve got a bigger kitchen and there’s a pull-out trash container in the island.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we had a trash bin under the sink, but it wasn’t very big and had to be emptied frequently. Nowadays, I have two largish bins, one for recycling and one for waste, that are by the back door. I keep cleaning supplies under the sink.
It is common enough that if I am at someone’s house and don’t overtly see a bin sitting out, under the sink is the first place I’ll look. And often successfully!
As a home care PT I have to find the garbage in every house I go to. NY state. I always look under the sink first and it’s often there. In a “fancy” kitchen I find the garbage drawer. Sometimes it’s just everywhere. 😐
If I had to bet, most don’t. I personally never had; I want easier access and I have other things I need to keep there.
But it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to see a house that has it there.
Ours is at the end of the kitchen counter. Under the sink is cleaners, sponges, dishwasher soap, etc.
Plumber here, so I see a lot of kitchens.
I’d say it is very common.
However, it is likely related to kitchen size. If they have floor space, a standalone trash bin makes sense.
But many people have small kitchens where having a trash bin in the cabinets is their best option.
no, we keep ours in the white house
I used to. But it was stinky having trash under there and also not much room. We ended up getting a larger step pedal trash that doesn’t fit under the sink