Wastebasket component system for recyclable waste materials

A modular waste disposal receptacle system comprising:

• at least one primary receptacle, said primary receptacle having a plurality of side walls oriented in a generally upright direction and a bottom wall oriented in a generally horizontal direction, said primary receptacle defining a generally open top receptacle region and a top rim, said primary receptacle further defining an exterior region opposing said generally open top receptacle region, said primary receptacle having a major axis and a minor axis, said major axis being generally greater in length than said minor axis;
• at least one secondary receptacle, said secondary receptacle having a plurality of side walls oriented in a generally upright direction and a bottom wall oriented in a generally horizontal direction, each of said side walls of said secondary receptacle having a top edge, said secondary receptacle defining a generally open top receptacle region and a top rim, at least a portion of said top rim of said secondary receptacle extending outwardly from said top edge adjacent to two opposing ones of said side walls, said secondary receptacle having a major axis and a minor axis, said major axis of said secondary receptacle being generally greater in length than said minor axis of said secondary receptacle and approximately equal in length to said minor axis of said primary receptacle, such that said secondary receptacle may be selectively mounted in a nested configuration within said primary receptacle with said major axis of said secondary receptacle oriented generally perpendicular to said major axis of said primary receptacle such that said portion of said top rim of said secondary receptacle extends outwardly above and contacts said top rim of said primary receptacle adjacent to two opposing ones of said side walls thereof to elevate and support said secondary receptacle above said bottom wall of said primary receptacle, and
• a hanger member, said hanger member being connected to and extending from said secondary receptacle and positioned and oriented such that said secondary receptacle may be selectively mounted in hanging attachment on said top rim of said primary receptacle such that said secondary receptacle is either disposed either on said exterior region of said primary receptacle adjacent to and generally parallel with any one of said side walls of said primary receptacle or alternately disposed within said generally open top receptacle region of said primary receptacle adjacent to and parallel with at least one of said side walls of said primary receptacle that is parallel with said major axis of said primary receptacle.