Refuse receptacle designed to hold recycled plastic bags as inner liners

A refuse receptacle for use with a plastic bag having at least two looped handles, comprising:

• a molded container having a base and a plurality of walls which collectively define a cavity with an upper opening;
• a first and a second of the plurality of walls each having an upper outpocketed portion which forms a first and a second receptacle handle, respectively;
• the first and second receptacle handles each defining a lower recess with a lip capable of holding in place one of the handles of the plastic bag, the lips of each of the first and second receptacle handles has a bottom, and the recess of each of the first and second receptacle handles has a depth which is small relative to a distance measured between the bottom of the corresponding lip and the upper opening of the receptacle;
• a horizontal area of the cavity becomes progressively smaller from the upper opening to the base;
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• each of the receptacle handles has an outer surface and an inner surface, and multiple copies of the refuse receptacle are stackable such that the inner surface of a lower stacked receptacle handle juxtaposes the outer surface of an upper stacked receptacle handle.

An improved refuse receptacle adapted to receive and hold as an inner liner a recycled plastic bag having a handle, the receptacle having at least one side wall and a catch for holding the bag handle, the improvement comprising:

• the catch being formed as a hollow extension of the side wall, wherein the extension has an outer surface and an inner surfaces;
• a base, wherein the receptacle has an inner circumference which becomes progressively smaller from the upper opening to the base;
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• multiple copies of the refuse receptacle are stackable such that the inner surface of the extension of a lower stacked receptacle juxtaposes the outer surface of the extension of an upper stacked receptacle.

An improved refuse receptacle adapted to receive and hold as an inner liner a recycled plastic bag having a handle, the receptacle having at least one side wall and a catch for holding the bag handle, the improvement comprising the catch being formed as a hollow extension of the side wall wherein:

• the extension has a substantially horizontal lower recess which is shallow compared with the size of the extension;
• the refuse receptacle further comprises a base, and the receptacle has an inner circumference which becomes progressively smaller from the upper opening to the base;
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• wherein the extension has an outer surface and an inner surface, and multiple copies of the refuse receptacle are stackable such that the inner surface of the extension of a lower stacked receptacle juxtaposes the outer surface of the extension of an upper stacked receptacle.