[Hugh R]

A wine refrigerator would be a good alternative. I use lawn and leaf bags, they're a lot cheaper than compactor bags. Once in a while my wife has stuck a tall kitchen bag in it, and yes they can fail, but rarely in my case. Cans and bottles go in the recycle bin. I was looking at have a door made to match and putting in a wire rack that would hold the regular trash pail and the recycle pail. Would have been about $350 total, but my neighbor giving me the compactor solved the problem. I could see where a compactor would be nice if you lived in an apartment. Take the trash out once or twice a week instead of three or four times a week.