Abstract: A waste-collecting container for compostable waste, in which the interior consists of two spaces arranged one above the other, the lower space having the purpose of collecting a liquid from the compostable waste and the capability of discharging such liquid. This space is thereby, on the one hand, sufficiently large in order to be able to reliably receive the accumulating liquid, on the other hand, the emptying of both the liquid area and also of the waste container itself is to take place easily and without any problems associated with the waste becoming again mixed with the liquid. The lower space is for this purpose separated by a fork-like grate from the remainder of the container housing, which grate is usually arranged horizontally, however, during emptying pivots about an axle which is horizontally oriented in the container housing. A reliable separation of solid and liquid waste and their complete emptying out of the waste-collecting container is, in this manner, assured.

Abstract: A hand held apparatus for holding, storing and draining in separate subcompartments cleansing utensils such as scouring pads, sponges, soaps, brushes and the likes in a single container that can rest on the top of a counter and be stored in the back of a cabinet door. A removable collection basin is slidably mounted on the bottom to collect and hold the dripping liquid from these utensils. The "caddie" type of container being sufficiently small to be hand carried and its components being easy to separate so as to be washed in a household type dishwasher.