Two square 5-gallon mesh bins that sit flush to a wall
Two square steel mesh bins, 5 gallons each in a 9.75 in square, 12.25 in tall body — a footprint that fits flush into a corner, at about $10 a bin.
Mind Reader square steel mesh wastebasket, pair
Best for: Two bins for paper and recycling, in a square footprint that sits flush to a wall.
The numbers on this listing agree with each other: a 9.75 in square, 12.25 in tall, works out to just over 5 gallons, which is the capacity Mind Reader states — 18.92 liters. The construction is reinforced steel mesh with a solid base and a rolled top edge, finished in black, and there are two bins in the pack.
Square is the quiet advantage. A round bin of the same volume cannot sit flush into the angle between a pedestal and a wall, and on a desk whose footprint is the binding constraint that is the whole question. Two identical bins also make the sorting case the listing makes: paper in one, the rest in the other. Mind Reader says they work with or without a liner, and cleaning is a wipe or a rinse with warm soapy water.
The limitation is the one every mesh bin has: a mesh wall holds paper and lets everything smaller through. Pencil shavings, staples and dust end up on the floor around it rather than in it. The ventilation the maker credits with reducing odor is the same openness, working for you on a damp teabag and against you on a shredder’s output.
On price, the pair reads about $20 on Amazon.com — about $10 a bin, against about $79 for the single 18-liter D.RECT square mesh bin in this hub. The Amazon Basics plastic pair is cheaper still, about $14, for solid walls and 7 gallons each.
Read on the day this page was built: $20 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Best for: Two bins for paper and recycling, in a square footprint that sits flush to a wall.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-13. The live price is at the top of the page.
Partly. Mind Reader states that ventilated mesh promotes airflow to reduce odors and moisture, which is a real mechanism for a damp teabag — air moves through the walls rather than sitting in them. The same openness means mesh cannot contain anything small: dust, staples, pencil shavings and shredder output go through it.
At 5 gallons, or 18.92 liters, each bin matches the 18-liter D.RECT square mesh bin almost exactly, and sits below the 6-gallon Seville Classics round mesh pair and the 7-gallon Amazon Basics plastic pair. The useful difference is shape: a 9.75 in square uses a corner where the Seville Classics, 12 in across at the top, cannot get close to the wall.
No — Mind Reader describes the bins as working with or without one, and cleaning is a wipe or a rinse with warm soapy water. No bag size is published; a liner in a mesh bin is also visible through the walls.
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