A waste container comprising: a receptacle having a base wall, a side wall extending upwardly therefrom, said side wall defining an aperture in said receptacle; a closure connectable to said receptacle, said closure comprising: a base; a support extending upwardly from said base, said support defining a front opening and having a rear wall; a tray comprising a shelf and an inferiorly depending guard, wherein the tray is at least partially rotatable relative to the support about a first axis; a shield comprising a main body extending from one edge to a free edge and having an upper surface and a lower surface, said shield hingedly connected to said support with a flexible hinge at or adjacent to said one edge at a second axis remote from the first axis, and pivotable between an open position in which the shield overlies said rear wall of the closure and a closed position in which it is secured to said closure to at least substantially cover said front opening, and further wherein any relative rotatable movement of the tray is independent of movement of the shield between said open and closed positions; wherein the tray comprising two planar shelf portions (19a, 19b), planar shelf portion is angled relative to shelf portion and shelf portions (19a and 19b) extend beyond the guard to form opposed abutment regions to abut with an inwardly sloping lip of proximal wall, the tray can move between a receiving configuration perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container in which waste can be received and a depositing configuration parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container in which waste received in the receiving configuration is caused to slide off the tray by rotating about the first axis, and when the tray is in the receiving configuration the guard does not block the front opening, when the tray is in the depositing configuration a rearward position the guard blocks the front opening; wherein the support extends upwardly from said base and comprises a pair of opposed parallel shoulders, shoulders comprise opposed hinge apertures to receive pivot pins which extend from sidewalls of the tray and said pivot pins are recessed within shoulders, and wherein the hinge apertures comprise a lower surface which has a flat base portion extending to a second, sloped planar surface. a receptacle having a base wall, a side wall extending upwardly therefrom, said side wall defining an aperture in said receptacle; a closure connectable to said receptacle, said closure comprising: a base; a support extending upwardly from said base, said support defining a front opening and having a rear wall; a tray comprising a shelf and an inferiorly depending guard, wherein the tray is at least partially rotatable relative to the support about a first axis; a shield comprising a main body extending from one edge to a free edge and having an upper surface and a lower surface, said shield hingedly connected to said support with a flexible hinge at or adjacent to said one edge at a second axis remote from the first axis, and pivotable between an open position in which the shield overlies said rear wall of the closure and a closed position in which it is secured to said closure to at least substantially cover said front opening, and further wherein any relative rotatable movement of the tray is independent of movement of the shield between said open and closed positions; a base; a support extending upwardly from said base, said support defining a front opening and having a rear wall; a tray comprising a shelf and an inferiorly depending guard, wherein the tray is at least partially rotatable relative to the support about a first axis; a shield comprising a main body extending from one edge to a free edge and having an upper surface and a lower surface, said shield hingedly connected to said support with a flexible hinge at or adjacent to said one edge at a second axis remote from the first axis, and pivotable between an open position in which the shield overlies said rear wall of the closure and a closed position in which it is secured to said closure to at least substantially cover said front opening, and further wherein any relative rotatable movement of the tray is independent of movement of the shield between said open and closed positions; wherein the tray comprising two planar shelf portions (19a, 19b), planar shelf portion is angled relative to shelf portion and shelf portions (19a and 19b) extend beyond the guard to form opposed abutment regions to abut with an inwardly sloping lip of proximal wall, the tray can move between a receiving configuration perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container in which waste can be received and a depositing configuration parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container in which waste received in the receiving configuration is caused to slide off the tray by rotating about the first axis, and when the tray is in the receiving configuration the guard does not block the front opening, when the tray is in the depositing configuration a rearward position the guard blocks the front opening; wherein the support extends upwardly from said base and comprises a pair of opposed parallel shoulders, shoulders comprise opposed hinge apertures to receive pivot pins which extend from sidewalls of the tray and said pivot pins are recessed within shoulders, and wherein the hinge apertures comprise a lower surface which has a flat base portion extending to a second, sloped planar surface.