Product review (1 stars): We hate this compactor - do not waste your money
The appliance store recommended this and our contractor put it in.  First, the door and pull-out internal drawer are an awful design.  If you are cooking and prepping food, your hands are wet, food-covered and slippery.  To throw things away, you have to open the outer door and then pull out the inside bin to access it. That means when you use the compactor while you are busy prepping food, your compactor becomes similarly wet, food-covered and slippery, causing you to do more clean-up than you need.

Second, the compacting part of the machine never worked properly.  We have owned this appliance for two years and I am now looking at replacing it.  Do not buy this piece of nothing.  Oh, and did I mention it is very expensive.