I will be the first to admit, this is not the most glam­orous post in the world but it is some­thing I’ve been putting off for over a year. I don’t know why because it took me less than thirty min­utes and zero dol­lars to com­plete it.

For almost four years we have been liv­ing with a rather large garbage can sit­ting out in our kitchen. Then the lid broke and we have been liv­ing with an open garbage can for almost two years (gross).

So I decided to uti­lize the space under the kitchen sink to hang a smaller garbage can. Sure we’ll have to empty it more often, but the garage door is next to the kitchen and the garbage can is right out­side that door.

First things, first. I need to clear the clut­ter under the sink to make room for the garbage bin.

My plan was to use two plas­tic bins, but quickly real­ized the plumb­ing was in the way and sadly only one would fit. You may rec­og­nize these guys from my home recy­cle cen­ter post last year. I learned I don’t need to sep­a­rate any­thing and now use one trash can.

After I orga­nized all the clean­ing sup­plies, and found a new home for some, I decided on how I was going to hang my new trash solu­tion. One side of the cab­i­net doors already had two hooks, but the garbage dis­posal was in the way and the new trash bin wouldn’t fit. The other side of the cab­i­net doors had one hook (the larger round one), and so I searched in my garage to find a sec­ond hook that might work and voila, all I needed to do was hang the garbage can.

Sure they’re not match­ing but as long as they are strong enough it doesn’t mat­ter because no one will see them any­way. They are just sim­ple peel and stick plas­tic hooks, noth­ing fancy, but I have also seen this done with wire shelv­ing plas­tic hang­ing pieces. This way is much eas­ier though, unless you have REALLY heavy garbage I would go the hook route.

Ok, so not the most excit­ing, but I’m pretty happy to have it out of the kitchen. Plus it didn’t cost a sin­gle penny, I used things that had been sit­ting around for years. So pretty much awesome.

What sort of trash solu­tions have you guys come up with?