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Stainless-steel bins can take whatever you dish out

1. Pandora PD-02 recycling bin with tops of powder-coated steel by Magnuson Group. circle 400 2. Pandora PD-01 16-gallon waste bin with a top of powder-coated steel by Magnuson Group. circle 401 3. Pandora PD-20 10 ½-gallon waste bin with lifting top by Magnuson Group. circle 402 4. Timo bin with steel top by Peter Pepper Products. circle 403

Pristine vessels accept wastepaper only

1. Bin in lacquered steel by Materia. circle 404 2. Round bin in leather by Conran Shop. circle 405

Tarpaulin totes by Design Within Reach collect recyclabes, groceries, or gardening tools

1., 2., 3. 7923 set of recycling bags. circle 406

With these receptables, it's the outside that counts

1. Babà waste bin in mirror-polished stainless steel and acrylic by Alessi. circle 407 2. Bin-Bin wastepaper bin in black high-density polyethylene by Conran Shop. circle 408 3. Girotondo pierced basket in mirror-polished stainless steel by Alessi. circle 409

Garbage containers get their groove on

1. Lift-Off receptacle in dark green rotation-molded recyclable polyethylene by Peter Pepper Products. circle 410 2. Artala can in red polypropylene and degradable plastic by Umbra. circle 411 3. Artala can in Ocean Blue polypropylene and degradable plastic by Umbra. circle 412 4. Artala can in Kiwi polypropylene and degradable plastic by Umbra. circle 413

Tough guys

1. Magnuson Group, 630-783-8100; magnusongroup.com.
2. Magnuson Group, as above.
3. Magnuson Group, as above.
4. Peter Pepper Products, 800-496-0204; peterpepperproducts.com.

In the bag

1., 2., 3. Design Within Reach, 800-944-2233; dwr.com.

Clean and white

1. Materia, through Hightower Group, 212-725-3509; hightoweraccess.com.
2. Conran Shop, 866-755-9079; conranusa.com.

Surface attraction

1. Alessi, 212-941-7300; alessi.com.
2. Conran Shop, 866-755-9079; conranusa.com.
3. Alessi, as above.

The mod squad

1. Peter Pepper Products, 800-496-0204; peterpepperproducts.com.
2. Umbra, 800-387-5122; umbra.com.
3. Umbra, as above.
4. Umbra, as above.