Question by rythempig: We want to make a recycling station inside our pantry. Any good ideas?
We have a big pantry with dual fold sliding doors. There is tons of shelving but it’s not big enough to put recycling containers in. We thought we could take out the lower shelf on one side which would leave about 3.5 feet of upward space and 4 feet width to put in some containers for recycling. Any good ideas for containers and or better ideas all together about how to go about this project?
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Answer by Sarah
You can buy moderate sized plastic tubs (cloth ones may rip or get stained) and label them: paper, glass, plastic. If you don’t mind cleaning out the bottles first, get one of those laundry bins with 3 areas. You can buy them cheaply at Target or Walmart. Good luck!
What do you think? Answer below!
Hey, great idea that you have. Because I have it too. I had about almost four feet to work with. So I bought 4 medium (a little bigger than the height of a paper grocery bag) kitchen trash cans (plastic). One for bottles, one for plastic, one for Aluminum and one for everything that I take out to put on the curb. The rest gets taken in for cash. I bought blue kitchen trash cans. And just took the lids of. There kind of rectangler and fit snuggly next to each other. See through blue liners (matching of course..he-he!) are great because not only to the match the colors in my pantry, Contact paper, etc. The see through lining of it makes it nice to later see what’s inside of it once you collect them and take them to the recycling center.
Enjoy your new recycling station in your pantry…I really love mine!
SmileyCat : )
you could try a three section collapsible hamper if you have to sort your cans glass and plastic and use a milk crate for newspapers.
those big plastic boxes with lids, sometimes used for toy boxes or maybe build in some drawers(or drawer runners) with removable inserted containers for easy emptying
Nah
If you have that much time on your hands, build a shoot to the center that automaticly deposits the materials in the canisters on the outside of the house. Use the extra space for a survival kit.