Get Trashy!
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03. 4.07
While we love Levitt Goodman's Vermicondo, here is a kitchen item that is perhaps a little more practical and available. Trashy is designed to handle all of your garbage needs, with a sliding top covering a bin for compostibles, two lower bins for recyclables and landfill, and a teeny drawer for batteries. It is made from formaldehyde free 100% post-industrial MDF, high quality hardware and also features a towel bar and a chalkboard. With an optional butcher block top, this can work as a very useful kitchen island and recycling center rolled into one attractive unit. Starts at a very reasonable C$ 295 (US$ 250) from ::Get Trashy
Don't know where the $250 figure comes from-- this article from the Globe and Mail says they cost $895 CA. I can't decide if I like it or think it's ugly. Seems very practical and efficient use of space, though.
LA: from the website order form.
Thanks for loving Trashy, which is our studio response to the need for everyone to get into waste management, with a smile.
To clarify the pricing: the system has a low cost model called Cheap Trash ($ 225, made from wheatboard), and the elegant lacquered version shown above which retails for $895. Both units are essentially well functioning kitchen islands on casters, roughly the same size, and built to last, not to become trash. Call anytime for info, with thanks.
Erik, in Guelph Ontario, birthplace of Trashy.