Residential Recycling Bin

A method of using a residential recycling bin, comprising the steps of:

• inserting a liner into the residential recycling bin;
• inserting a first upper portion of the liner into a first inverted “V”-shaped liner retainer, and a second upper portion of the liner into a second inverted “V”-shaped liner retainer, wherein
• the first and second inverted “V”-shaped liner retainers are configured to substantially prevent the liner from slipping into an interior portion of the residential recycling bin;
• and
• placing recyclable materials into the liner.

A method of using a residential recycling bin, the bin including a rotatable handle, the method comprising the steps of:

• inserting a liner into the residential recycling bin;
• positioning a portion of the liner over an upper portion of a rear wall of the residential recycling bin;
• placing the handle in a liner storage position,
• such that the handle forms a substantially even, planar surface with upper portions of left and right sidewalls of the residential recycling bin,
• whereby the liner is substantially prevented from slipping into an interior portion of the residential recycling bin;
• and
• placing recyclable materials into the liner.

A bin comprising:

• a base, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a front wall;
• and
• a rear wall, all fixedly connected to each other, wherein
• the front wall includes a respective upper surface,
• the rear wall includes a respective upper surface,
• the front wall extends from the base at a first predetermined angle to the base,
• the rear wall extends from the base at a second predetermined angle to the base,
• the left sidewall extends from the base at a third predetermined angle to the base,
• the right sidewall extends from the base at a fourth predetermined angle to the base, and
• each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall further includes a respective upper surface substantially coplanar with each other, and wherein
• each of the left sidewall and right sidewall includes a respective front sloped surface, and wherein
• a height of the upper surface of the front wall is lower that the respective heights of the upper surfaces of the left sidewall, rear wall, and right sidewall,
• the left sidewall front sloped surface and the right sidewall front sloped surface slope downwardly at a fifth predetermined angle from the upper surface of the left side wall upper surface and right sidewall upper surface, respectively, and wherein
• the left sidewall front sloped surface, the right sidewall sloped surface, and the front wall upper surface are configured to form a first opening in the bin, and wherein
• the base includes an upwardly sloping surface that slopes upwardly from the base at a sixth predetermined angle that intersects with the front wall, such that,
• when a first upper bin is stacked upon a substantially similar second lower bin, and the front walls of the first upper bin and the substantially similar second lower bin face a same direction, the upwardly sloping surface of the base of the first upper bin and the first opening in the substantially similar second lower bin are configured to form a recyclable receiving chute configured to accept recyclable materials deposited in the substantially similar second lower bin.