I have a big island in my kitchen for when I am cooking. Somehow I always end up with a gross pile of food waste off to the side, or I keep a small garbage bag on the island and keep stuffing garbage into that, which is annoying. One day I was scrolling thru Amazon and saw this item and thought “this would be so convenient”, so i bought one. I also happened to buy a composting machine, but i haven’t opened that yet. My original plan was to collect any food waste in this bucket and then dump it into the compost thing, but since i haven’t started using the composter, i keep a grocery bag in the bucket and every few days I tie it up and toss it in the trash. (Don’t wait too long to tie it up tho as fruit/garbage flies will show up if you do.)The bucket is made from very sturdy plastic. It does take some effort to expand it to use at its fuller capacity. As mentioned, I keep a plastic supermarket bag or the like in it so i don’t have to wash it out all the time, and now when cooking i can just scrape food waste into it and/or toss other food garbage in it as needed. I guess theoretically I could move the garbage can in front of that area and straddle it or stand next to it and then wash off anything that gets stuck on the cabinet on its way into the garbage can, but that seems like way more work, so i would much rather use this.It arrives in one piece and has a handle that slides over pretty much any drawer-front. My drawer pulls are in the way, so i have to keep the bucket more to the side, but it has become one of my staple gadgets. I literally use it for something every day. But, when it’s empty or not in use you can easily slide it off and put it away (or wash it), and it does collapse again to take up less room off the drawer or if you stick it in a cabinet somewhere. Definitely one of the handiest most used gadget in my kitchen!