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A receptacle for recyclable materials includes an outer housing with a plurality of separate containers removably held therein for receiving different types of recyclable materials, such as glass, metal, plastic and paper refuse normally encountered in a typical household. The outer housing has a re

A receptacle for recyclable materials includes an outer housing with a plurality of separate containers removably held therein for receiving different types of recyclable materials, such as glass, metal, plastic and paper refuse normally encountered in a typical household. The outer housing has a removable cover with a plurality of openings therein and a separate pivotable lid closing each opening. Each opening and associated lid is in alignment with a respective container held in the housing, so that material can be placed through the openings in the cover and into the respective containers without the need for removing the cover from the housing. When one or more containers are full, the cover can be removed and the container or containers lifted out by a handle attached to the container. Provision on the housing cover of a lid for each container simplifies emptying of the individual containers when they are removed from the housing. The receptacle of the invention can be used for separately storing other materials, such as, e.g., soiled laundry.

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A receptacle for recyclable materials, comprising: an outer housing having side walls, a bottom wall and an open top; a plurality of separate containers removably held within the housing for receiving different types of materials to be held separate from one another; a removable cover on the open to

A receptacle for recyclable materials, comprising: an outer housing having side walls, a bottom wall and an open top; a plurality of separate containers removably held within the housing for receiving different types of materials to be held separate from one another; a removable cover on the open top of the housing for closing the open top, but removable to permit access to the containers for removing them from the housing, said cover having oppositely sloping top walls; a plurality of openings in the sloping top walls of the cover, with a separate pivotable lid closing each opening and with each lid in substantial alignment with a respective container held in the housing, so that the lids may be individually and separately opened for deposit of material through the openings in the cover and into the respective containers without the need for removing the cover from the housing, whereby when one or more containers are full, the cover can be removed and the container or containers lifted out to empty the contents for further disposition thereof, as desired; and said containers each having side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, said open top being slanted complementally to the slope of the cover top walls so that the open tops of the containers lie closely adjacent and parallel to the underside of the cover when the cover is in place over the open top of the housing, thereby minimizing the likelihood that material placed through a lid in the cover will enter a receptacle other than that aligned with the lid.