PUBLIC MARKS from Ralpharama with tag rubbish

Brabantia has teamed up with the University of the West of England in Bristol to run a design project to find the kitchen bin of the future. The project will be undertaken by final-year students on the university's product design programmes, and starts this month with a briefing by Brabantia managers. Students will look at different aspects of waste management such as how the kitchen bin has evolved, new technologies in waste storage and environmental aspects relating to recycling household rubbish.

Christmas may be the season of goodwill but the gift giving and over indulgence also leads to a huge spike in the amount of rubbish thrown out by householders.