Best Bathroom Trash Cans in 2026: Small Step, Touchless and Slim Bins Ranked by Owners

The Cesun is the bathroom bin for the spot where nothing else fits: it is 11.2 inches tall, 11.2 wide and only 5.9 deep, which is the gap beside most toilets, and it still has a proper soft-close pedal lid, a stay-open setting and a removable inner bucket. The anti-rust, anti-fingerprint matte black metal is well chosen for a damp room, and standard 1.5 to 1.6 gallon bags fit the rim. Thousands of owners rate it strongly and the comments are what you would hope: quiet, tidy, no smell. The capacity is the trade: 1.6 gallons fills in a few days in a busy bathroom, and the narrow pedal needs a little aim at first. For a powder room, a nursery, a dorm or a small office it is the pedal can we would buy; for a family bathroom, go up to the Amazon Basics.

If you need a bin for every bathroom and bedroom at once, the NETDOT three-pack is the practical answer: three 10-liter, 2.6-gallon slim cans in black ABS, each with a secure lid that keeps curious pets out and traps smells. They are light, which is good for carrying to the kitchen bin and less good for stability when empty, and the lid is a manual flip rather than a pedal, so it is a two-handed job to toss a wrapper. Thousands of owners rate the set strongly and the reviews are about value and the lid doing its job. There is nothing clever here, and that is the point; if you want one hands-free can for the main bathroom and cheap lidded bins everywhere else, pair this pack with the Amazon Basics or Cesun above.

The KOEYLE two-pack is the touchless bin that solves the usual sensor complaints. Each can is only 5.12 inches deep and 12.2 inches tall, so it fits the toilet-side gap, it is rated IPX5 against splashes rather than merely plastic, and the one-piece barrel has no seams for odor to escape. Wave a hand and the infrared sensor opens the lid in a tenth of a second; it closes when the motion stops, or you press the arrow button to hold it open while brushing hair. Each runs on two AA batteries, which are not included, and in a very narrow bathroom a passing leg can trigger it, which is the most common grumble in the owner history. Thousands of owners rate the pair strongly. Two cans at this size usually cover a bathroom and a bedroom, which makes it the better value against the single-can sensor bins.

Vanpopubs sells the same idea as the KOEYLE with a bit more capacity and a few extra controls. Each of the two cans holds 2.7 gallons, opens by infrared sensor in a tenth of a second, has a double-tap always-open mode and a red low-battery flash, and is made of waterproof plastic for a bathroom floor. The listing is unusually honest about the limitations: the can needs roughly 24 inches of clear space above it, so it cannot live under a sink or a desk, it must be powered on with a 1.5-second press after you fit the AA batteries, and the two cans arrive nested one inside the other, which has produced a few “only one arrived” reviews from people who did not check. Those quirks are why its rating is solid rather than strong. For an open floor spot where you want the larger size and the always-open trick, it is a fair pick; for under a vanity, the KOEYLE or a pedal can is better.

Sometimes the right bathroom bin is the plain one that lives inside the vanity cabinet. The Rubbermaid is a 5.25-gallon open wastebasket in tough plastic with a reinforced rim, only 8 inches wide at the opening and 15 inches tall, so it fits under a sink where a lidded can would not open anyway. It has no lid, no pedal, no sensor and no inner bucket, and its owner rating is the best on this page, excellent across thousands of reviews, because it does the one thing a wastebasket should do and keeps doing it for a decade. Use a bag, since there is nothing to lift out. If your bathroom has an open floor spot, pick a lidded can above; if the bin is going behind a door, this is the one.

The Pukomc is the single sensor can for someone who wants the bin to look like a design object rather than an appliance. It is an 8 by 8 inch square column, 16.3 inches tall, in a plain Nordic-style ABS body, and its sensor holds the lid open for as long as your hand hovers near it, which is the right behavior for peeling off a bandage or clearing a counter. It takes two AA batteries, holds 2.6 gallons and accepts a reusable grocery bag as a liner. Thousands of owners rate it strongly and praise the look. Against the KOEYLE and Vanpopubs it is a single can at roughly the price of their pairs, and the square footprint takes more floor than their slim bodies, so it is the pick when appearance matters more than value.

The Glad Roomate is the bathroom trash can for a bathroom with no floor space at all. It hangs inside a vanity door on the included over-the-door hook or an adhesive hanger, with no drilling, or stands on its own, and its lid works two ways: flip it back for a quick toss or slide the front panel open to keep it accessible while you work. It holds 12 liters, about 3.1 gallons, in a 7 by 9.5 inch body 17 inches tall. Thousands of owners rate it excellently, and the comments are from people who had run out of floor. Measure the inside of your cabinet first, because the door needs clearance to swing with the bin attached, and the 7-inch depth means bulky items do not fit. For an under-counter bathroom bin or a laundry room, it is the cleverest can here.