Qualia 1 gal Stainless Steel Multipurpose Countertop Trash Can, Silver with Gray Lid

This little countertop can was just what we were looking for. We no longer use our large kitchen wastebasket because we were getting gnats and it smelled because we didn't fill it enough to take out every few days, so we started to use a grocery bag on the counter and take it out everyday. Now we have this nice stainless steel container on our countertop that holds a grocery bag for our garbage. It also has a lid to control any odors. We like it very much.

This is a super-cute item I wasn't sure I needed, and now can't do without. It's more of a "bin" than a can, with a brilliant flat design you'd never guess holds a full gallon. Check out my photos: it fits neatly into the three inch wide countertop area next to my microwave and I am using it all day long as: • A sleek garbage bin to catch kitchen scraps while I'm cooking. • A roomy pail for giving my fresh fruit and vegetables a long soap and water soak to remove pesticides (which I do a couple of times a day). Even though I am not a neatnik, I am easily squicked by slime, especially when I'm cooking, so I love the fact that my hands don't go anywhere near garbage with this pail. No need to touch the lid -- it stands up neatly in a groove designed for the purpose. And thanks to the swinging handle, when the bin gets full I just have to tip it to empty. Before the "can" arrived, I was using a separate plastic bathroom bin for discarded food scraps plus a full size mop bucket as a vegetable soaker -- a combination that monopolized my galley kitchen countertop. I wasn't sure this would be big enough for all the fruits and vegetables we eat, but when I went to wash my grapes today, I could fit about six pounds in at once. I am thinking of buying another one of these for the bathroom -- it would be handy for discarded cotton balls, Q-tips, etc., and the fuss free lid is nice for when I need to sharpen eyeliner crayons.