Patent ID: 8668107

Claim:
A modular recycling unit comprising: a support for supporting a first container comprising an interior, the first container being tiltable between a first position where the interior of the first container is accessible and a second position where the interior of the first container is inaccessible, the first container comprising a bottom including a rear portion and an a front portion disposed at an angle relative to the rear portion such that a fulcrum is created between the rear portion and the front portion, the first container tilting on the fulcrum between the first position and the second position, the fulcrum comprising a rounded projection on one of the support and the bottom of the first container that is received in a recess on another one of the bottom of the first container and the support, said first container being freely removable from the support; a second container supported on the support such that the second container is in a stacked relationship relative to the first container, the second container being freely removable from the support; a lid pivotably secured to the second container and rotatable about a pivot axis between a first closed position and a second position where the lid may be completely removed from the second container.