Clothes hamper

A clothes hamper comprising a rectangular main container having front, side, back and bottom walls, an open top, and a hinged cover for said open top, said front wall having an opening extending substantially from side wall to side wall in its lower part, and a central horizontal partition shelf defining an upper, open-topped compartment and a lower, open-fronted compartment;

• a plurality of upper, open-topped, free-standing sub-containers removably mounted in said upper compartment for insertion into and removal from said compartment vertically, and a plurality of lower, open-topped, free-standing sub-containers mounted in said lower compartment for movement into and out of said lower compartment laterally through said front wall opening, each of said sub-containers being dimensioned to receive a wash machine load of a type of laundry, said sub-containers in each of said compartments being immediately contiguous one another and collectively contiguous the entire inner wall of said compartment when mounted within said compartments, and each sub-container being removable from and replaceable in said compartment individually, without moving any other sub-container.