I needed something large to put our paper recycling in that suited our kitchen (needed something that could accommodate pizza boxes :). The dark bronze would have been my first choice (not available in this style) so I chose the white. It's a great size for recycling, unfortunately they don't make the Q bags in the clear which means the handy little storage area at the back of the can goes unused. It would be great if simplehuman made more sizes of bags for recycling with all the recycling programs that communities have in place. At the end of the week I only have about 5 gallons of regular garbage but easily fill this 55L with papers and another 55L with plastics and metals.