Trash space

[johnjen50]

Hey guys, where do you all put your trash? I’m speaking in the galley specifically. I have the 58 yacht fish and love the galley, but as configured the only space for trash is across the way in the cabinet by the curved staircase to the salon. I’m really thinking of putting in a trash compactor because there’s just no where convienient now to throw things away for example when your prepping a meal. What do you all do? Thanks.

 

[SEVEN]

We have a stainless Steel trash can with an automatic lid that sits right in front of the dish washer. It’s not to big and seems to to the trick. I’ve seen some that have cut a trash lid in the counter to the left of the sink in the dead zone. Let us know what you decide to do. Send photos.

 

[Pascal]

When I had the original galley down I had a small trash can under the sink on a sliding wire frame. Now in the new galley up I still have it under the sink but the bottom of the cabinet slides out the face is attached to the bottom. Pull the cabinet door and the bottom slides out with the trash can.

A trash compactor is great in remote areas where you can’t dumontrash for a few days but I don’t have enough storage space to fit one

 

[Scarlett]

Ours just sits there not in the way at all.

 

[Stripes]

We have a trash compactor on our big boat. We never, I mean never ever, use it. We're thinking about taking it out and replacing it with a built in under cabinet wine refrigerator. We hang plastic grocery bags on the front of the compactor and take it out when it's full. We always get at least 4 or 5 whenever we go grocery shopping. Everywhere we go has trash service(dumpsters, bins or receptacles), including our home marina.

If we were going to be on the hook for a week or more or traveling non-stop for weeks I would think that the compactor would be useful.

YMMV

 

[Fanfare]

Finding room for the trash is a problem. We have a white plastic kitchen trash container lined with a plastic bag for the garbage in the galley. It's awkward. I move it back on the aft cabinets when we move. I don't remember it ever spilling over even in rough seas, knock wood. We put all the food waste through the sink disposall which means we don't get a lot of odors. This dry waste is temporarily stored in the forward deck boxes until we reach a place where the trash can be burned. We separate recycling into another plastic bag, especially in the Bahamas, and put this in our deck boxes until we return to the US for proper recycling. We have a manual crusher for aluminum cans which helps save volume.

We have had trash compactors at home but found they make a really heavy single bag of trash. They also break a lot and are difficult to deep clean. On board, there is just no room for one in our little galley. I also would not want to rip out any of our matched wooden cabinetry to make the space.

Somehow, even on a long cruise it all works out.

 

[SeaEric]

The round cover with the metal ring in the corner of the counter top is a trash can. If I ever re-do the galley - that will remain. It's small but works very well.

 

[racclarkson@gmail.com]

Don’t want to experience boat life without my trash masher. Bag too heavy? That’s what dock carts are for. No trouble keeping clean using heavier mil bags. Garbage disposal helps.

 

[bigbill]

Ours just sits there not in the way at all.

i keep a garbage can in the same place on my 58yf, its on side of the fridge the way my galley is set up. when the 13 gal bag is full i tie it and put under the aft deck till we get home.

 

[Toolsntoys]

Not having a place for trash on my 53 is what started a cabinet remodel.

 

[Oldlaxer1]

We have a trash compactor for most things but always have a shopping bag for things that will get smelly that goes to the dumpster almost daily. We also keep a bag for recyclable items but unfortunately it seems to always end up on the dinette seat!

 

[Scott Mather]

I can help on (2) of these issues.
Photo-1 is our 52C galley, you can see on the left under the cabinet the original ice maker location is
now a pull out trash can, With a full size refrigerator/freezer with ice maker no need for a dedicated
ice maker. You can also see there was a dish washer and trash compactor all original.

In later photos you can see the dishwasher removed for pull out storage drawers, wash dishes in
sink no need for dishwasher. Removed trash compactor for built in (2) zone wine cooler. these
additions were done using the original spaces left from old dishwasher and compactor. the wine
cooler was made specifically to replace the trash compactor with no modifications! On our boat 25
bottles of properly tempered wine trumps trash needs, also makes a good cigar humidor.