We just redid our counters and every day we'd have this stack of recyclables to take out to the bin sitting next to the sink and it was a HUGE eyesore..this trashcan completely eliminates that issue for us. We had the older smaller version of this can before hand so it's awesome to keep the motion sensor feature..we also love the voice feature for when we're walking towards it with something messy. It's just amazing and we couldn't recommend it more. Definitely worth the cost.