We once lived on an island where space was at such a premium that garbage was sorted into nine different types of recycling so as to avoid needlessly filling up the dump. Our kitchen was home to so many recycling bins of various kinds and sizes that there was barely room to cook.

It's too bad TopDeq's Tumiera Trash Sorter wasn't around then.

The Tumiera was created for offices, but with its wipe-clean silver-aluminum powder-coated steel finish and slim footprint (it's only 10" deep), we think it would work well at home, too. It can be wall-mounted or set on the floor in a kitchen, hallway, anteroom or garage without taking up too much space--visual or volumetric. Color-coded, tilt-out bins make for the easy tip and toss, and are lined with standard-issue 10g kitchen garbage bags. It comes in two sizes: $128 for a two-bin sorter and $148 for the four-bin size.

Topdeq's marketing copy states, "A more stylish sorter is hard to find." We agree -- we've looked!

Available here.