Abstract: A compartmentalized trash container having separate compartments for the storing of different kinds of recyclable and non-recyclable trash. The compartmentalized trash container having compartments accessable by slidable draws to permit the introduction and removal of different kinds of trash, and having other compartments accessible through pivotable doors to permit the introduction of other kinds of trash. The container interior being divided into a plurality of separate compartments including at least one upper compartment and at least one lower compartment, each compartment being dimensioned to receive and store therein a preselected kind of trash. Each compartment being individually accessable independently of the others to enable trash to be transferred into and out of the compartment.