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I recently visited my friends’ newly renovated BTO home. All was nice... except they were using plastic grocery bags for temporary rubbish bins. Like many of us typical Singaporeans, we somehow wound up using plastic bags for bins. Since newer HDB BTOs do not have direct access to rubbish chutes, waste bins are essential in homes today.
Ideally, waste bins should come with a lid to cover up any unsightly mess and foul smells.
Next, you will have to think about the capacity of your rubbish bin - varying sizes for the different rooms in your home. A kitchen, for example, may need a larger rubbish bin with recycling or food waste sorting compartments. For the bathrooms, you may want to opt for rubbish bins with smart sensors to reduce touch in the interest of hygiene.
10 Best Rubbish Bin Singapore
Here are the 10 best dustbins that you can have in any corner of your home.
| Dustbin | Price |
|---|---|
| Style Degree Kitchen Cabinet Hanging Dustbin | $7.30 |
| IKEA HÅLLBAR Bin 22 L | $12.90 |
| Hipvan Tatay Pedal Dustbin 23 L | $38 |
| Mrphy Qualy Cactrash Bin 4 L | $39.90 |
| Fortytwo Kanyae Waste Bin 9 L | $52.90 |
| IKEA GÖRBRA Pedal Bin 40 L | $59.90 |
| Hipvan EKO Morandi Motion Sensor Bin 12 L | $68 |
| Mrphy Qualy Coffee Bin Bundle | $69.90 |
| Matt Garbage Bin 15 L | $79 |
| Paper Bag Recycling Bin | $118 |
Style Degree Kitchen Cabinet Hanging Dustbin, $7.30
For food scraps, it is best to store them in a food waste bin. This kitchen cabinet hanging bin from Style Degree comes with a lid to keep pests out. It can be conveniently hung near the kitchen sink area for easy access and to avoid any spills.
Aside from the kitchen bin, you can also choose to hang it by your baby’s cot to store baby essentials like cotton buds and baby wipes. Do note that the bin can only take up to 1.5 kg of weight, so no heavy trash please.
Style Degree Kitchen Cabinet Hanging Dustbin is retailing at $7.30 from Style Degree.
IKEA HÅLLBAR Bin 22 L, $12.90
If you are big on home organisation, you will love IKEA's HÅLLBAR organiser bins that double up as recycling waste sorting bins too. The HÅLLBAR is a series of bins of various volumes that you can mix, match, stack to fit your kitchen under sink or drawers to a T. Ikea HÅLLBAR Bin works when it is integrated into your kitchen cabinet with support and drawer frame accessories.
Separately, you can also use it standalone and the Hallbar Bin will be useful for bomb shelter storage organisation, so you can sort out your electronic appliances or other small items accordingly.
HÅLLBAR Bin 22 L is on sale from $12.90 at Ikea.
Hipvan Tatay Pedal Dustbin 23 L, $38
A quality rubbish bin made in Spain, Hipvan Tatay Pedal Dustbin comes in a range of 10 stylish colours and designs that will fit well in any home. The great part about pedal bins is the handsfree access where your foot controls the opening and closing of the lid.
At a large size of 23 L, it will be more than sufficient for a day’s worth of trash - or a friend's gathering or dinner party.
Tatay pedal dustbin 23 L is retailing at $38 on Hipvan.
Mrphy Qualy Cactrash Bin 4 L, $39.90
Is that a cactus? Yeah, but it’s more of a Cactrash Bin by Qualy. An award-winning Thai design brand inspired by nature, Qualy is best known for its cheeky and clever functional accessories that you can use around your home.
Cactrash Bin works perfectly in living rooms as it is a functional decoration item, that works as a faux plant and a waste bin that allows you to conveniently pull off the lid to throw your paper waste away. The lid is also cleverly designed for you to push and compress any paper waste product to make space for more.
Qualy Cactrash bin 4 L is available for $39.90, with white and orange colour options from Mrphy.
Fortytwo Kanyae Waste Bin 9 L, $52.90
Though a swing lid is not fully airtight nor fully enclosed, having a lid is indeed the better option for concealing any mess. Most homes today come with some form of wooden design, and Fortytwo's Kanyae waste bin will add to the aesthetic appeal while being accessible to function as a waste bin.
If you are on the lookout for a natural wood grain pattern waste bin, Fortytwo’s website has a good selection of various shapes and waste bin capacity in both pine and walnut wood tones.
Kanyae waste bin 9 L is priced at $52.90, and is available in wooden tones of pine or walnut on Fortytwo.
IKEA GÖRBRA Pedal Bin 40 L, $59.90
If you are going for an all-in-one waste solution in a small kitchen, IKEA GÖRBRA pedal bin will fit the bill with its slim yet spacious pedal bin design. You will be able to find two compartments of 20L each to store and separate your waste accordingly. You can even hang up to two additional bags to efficiently stash your garbage bags.
Separately, the GÖRBRA pedal bin can also work as a cleaning station, a convenient spot for all your cleaning supplies.
GÖRBRA pedal bin 40 L is selling at $59.90 from Ikea.
Hipvan EKO Morandi Motion Sensor Bin 12 L, $68
Going for an all-neutral home? A pop of colour with the EKO Morandi bin will blend right into your home, with its soft and sophisticated colour offerings of blue, grey, and peach. Colours aside, the motion sensor function enables a touchless experience, minimising contact with the waste bin.
You might also want to consider having a silicone seal in a waste bin to keep odours in and prevent any foul smells in the environment, just like the one found in this waste bin.
EKO Morandi motion sensor bin 12 L is retailing at $68, and is available in 3 morandi colours of blue, grey, and peach on Hipvan.
Mrphy Qualy Coffee Bin Bundle, $69.90
If you take your daily coffee fix seriously, then you will want to read on. In the coffee bin bundle by Qualy, you can find three different sizes of the coffee bin. The largest coffee bin size is around 25cm in diameter by 34cm in height.
The mini coffee bin works as a tabletop wastepaper bin, and a micro coffee bin will conveniently fit in the compact space right next to your car gears. You will get to select the colour of your choice based on the different coffee bin sizes too.
Qualy coffee bin bundle is available at $69.90 on Mrphy.
Hipvan Matt Garbage Bin 15 L, $79
For those that enjoy and embrace the industrial look of the galvanised steel garbage bins that are commonly seen on the streets in New York, then you will want to bring Matt home. Unlike the street bins with a hole cut out on the top, Matt is an enclosed metal garbage bin that is fitted with a foot pedal.
If you have an industrial-themed bachelor’s pad, then having Matt’s addition might just be what you need. Matt garbage bin also comes in a larger capacity at 49 L, a good size for a big family’s needs.
Matt garbage bin 15 L is retailing from $79, available in two matte colours of army green and white from Hipvan.
UncommonGoods Paper Bag Recycling Bin, $118
Unlike in Asian countries, grocery bags come in the form of recycled brown paper bags, which this paper bag recycling bin design is intended for. Designed fully in recycled plastic, the paper bag recycling bin is made to be sturdy and the right size to fit a brown paper bag.
Regardless, you can still line a plastic bag for your rubbish needs too, though the paper bag design is best used for your recyclable items. It is a positively reviewed product by customers, and some of them found it useful to house other items such as grocery bags, compost trash, and other paper goods.
Paper bag recycling bin retails at $118 on UncommonGoods.