Okay so although this is probably designed for office work in mind, I sought this out for its convenience and hygienic properties as a kitchen compost bin. Hear me out. Previously we had compost bins that require you to open a lid with one (possibly dirty) hand and scoot the vegetable trimmings in. All sorts of cross-contamination, and all the compost bins have small openings, so the vegetable trimmings would inevitably land outside the bin. With this can, you just hit it with your foot to open the lid, the opening is a little wider than an average-sized cutting board, and has a sufficient capacity so that you're not going out to the back yard to empty it every other day. Hey presto, convenient operation, no cross-contamination, makes cooking prep so much cleaner and more convenient. Solved so so so many problems for us.