Recycled Plastic Lumber: Helping the world’s Rain Forests and slowing Climate Change.

Oahu Modern RPL Wood Combination Trash and Recycling Bin

In 2009, DeepStream started offering recycled plastic lumber (RPL) as an alternative to tropical hardwoods. More and more of our customers have been choosing RPL for planters and weatherproof fixtures over the past several years. In 2017, RPL was specified more often than natural wood.

chart showing the use of recycled plastic lumber replacing natural wood
The use of recycled plastic lumber has overtaken tropical hardwood

Recycled plastic lumber is a win for the environment and for our customers.

Weatherproof RPL reduces maintenance costs while enhancing your properties and brands, exhibiting timeless beauty and making an environmental statement.

We strongly encourage you to seriously consider the cost benefits and the long-term appearance of RPL versus tropical hardwood. The environmental statement made by selecting this material for your project is a positive one for your customers.

The Perfect Outdoor Bench with Back in recycled rich Tropical Hardwood plastic lumber and marine anodized aluminum make it great choice at this yacht club.
The materials, simple modern elegance, and ergonomic comfort of The Perfect Outdoor Bench with Back make it great choice to use as a gallery, museum, yacht club, or park bench. Combining the warmth environmentally friendly Tropical Hardwood colored recycled plastic lumber, with the strength of marine anodized aluminum and 316-stainless steel, this modern wooden bench, handmade by American craftsmen, is perfect for both indoor and outdoor use as it is maintenance free and will last for decades.

Before specifying tropical hardwood for your projects please look at the comprehensive worldwide overview of the problem created by using tropical information presented at this link:

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/2019-the-year-rainforests-burned/

Eliminate needless rainforest destruction by specifying DeepStream RPL planters and fixtures. The RPL DeepStream uses is backed by a 50-year limited warranty by its manufacturer.

Click to DeepStream's website to see more about maintenance free weatherproof cabinet to housing for point of sale computer cabinet and a modern combination recycling and trash receptacles
DeepStream’s maintenance-free weatherproof point-of-sale computer cabinet and a modern combination recycling and trash receptacle. Marine-anodized aluminum and 316 stainless steel, no paint or powder coating to fail. Shown at a water park’s outdoor patio dining area.

DeepStream was created in a response to a need. While building a condominium project, I reviewed the “universe” of garden planters and receptacles. I wanted planters, receptacles, and custom fixtures for my project that were just not available.

DeepStream modern combination trash and recycling receptacle in an airport lounge with windows
DeepStream modern combination trash and recycling receptacle at an airport.

Wood planters were carpenter-built with wood-on-wood construction. As I’ve detailed in my Planter Blog, they just don’t last. Carpenter-built wood planters tear themselves apart in 3-4 years in Miami’s hot tropical climate.

Wasting valuable wood harvested from the world’s rapidly diminishing rainforests also wastes your time, money, and energy. Recycled plastic lumber was not an option at that time.

Recycled Plastic Lumber wood planters add a tranquil green space on a roof deck between apartment blocks.
Recycled Plastic Lumber wood planters add a tranquil green space on a roof deck between apartment blocks

If your project absolutely must use tropical hardwood, then specify our Mariner planter system, do not use carpenter built wood planters that will fall apart in 3-5 years.

Wood expands when it gets wet. DeepStream’s trademark marine-anodized aluminum extrusion, along with its hidden aircraft aluminum structural frame, contains wood’s expansionary forces. Honor the wood you use by ensuring it lasts for decades and back it with a Lifetime Structural Warranty.

DeepStream Design's trademark marine anodized aluminum leg extrusions
DeepStream Designs’ trademark marine-anodized aluminum leg extrusion is engineered to contain the tremendous forces of wood as it expands and contracts through numerous wet and dry cycles. Our planters will last for decades instead of tearing themselves apart in just a few years as traditional carpenter-built planters will. They are also equally suited to provide the framework required by non-structural recycled plastic lumber as an environmentally responsible substitute.

Engineered with the principles of Sustainable Design, our products stand the test of time. Our engineered modular system uses, or reuses, hardwood in a design that honors the wood. Deepstream’s trademark aluminum extrusions allow construction that extends wood life by decades. This is true with all of DeepStream’s products.

DeepStream's trademark aluminum conserves wood by making even complex structures liket planter anchored screen wall last decades
DeepStream’s planter-anchored Screen Wall and Enclosure System

Harvesting tropical hardwood destroys important habitats around the world, even if “sustainably harvested,” as hardwood trees take 50 years or more to reach maturity.

According to the Yale School of Forestry, while estimates vary, it is thought that between 30 and 50% of all certified Tropical Hardwood shipped into the United States has been “Greenwashed,” meaning that shipments have been provided with falsified and counterfeit documentation.

In some countries like Peru, it’s estimated that 90% are illegally logged, devastating their Amazon watershed. For more information click here: “Greenwashed” Timber and FSC certification.

DeepStream's modern Audubon combination trash and recycling receptacle
DeepStream’s modern Audubon combination trash and recycling receptacle, shown in tropical hardwood, is now out sold in no-maintenance recycled plastic lumber.

Offset your project’s carbon footprint by using recycled plastic lumber and planting far more trees than you use.

We plant trees for you automatically through Trees for the Future as a matter of principle. Planting trees through Trees for the Future provides families with more than just trees and food. It provides income, empowerment, unity, leadership, education, and even saves lives. The program teaches people to value themselves and their environment, and they see amazing improvements in their standard of living.

An example of DeepStream Custom Fixtures showing several benches in a hotel gym made with recycled plastic lumber
DeepStream Custom Fixtures: Benches in a hotel gym made with waterproof no-maintenance recycled HDPE plastic lumber that can be cleaned with any sanitizer.

DeepStream plants 50 trees for every planter and 100 trees for every fixture you purchase. Customers receive a certificate to use in your marketing to let your customers know that you care about the environment.

Recycled Plastic Lumber modern combination recycling and trash receptacle
Modern Combination Trash and Recycling Receptacles crafted with RPL will not absorb water, food stains, dirt, or paint and may be pressure cleaned for sanitation. No-touch version are alos available as are hidden casters for mobility.

To date, with proceeds from the sale of our products, DeepStream has planted more than 460,000 trees in our customers’ honor. This reflects our customers’ commitment to the environment that we are all leaving for future generations.

Recycled plastic planters anchor security glass screen wall at the USO at LAX in LA.
Recycled plastic planters anchor security glass screen wall at the USO at LAX in LA.

DeepStream makes it easy and cost-effective to go Green and stop contributing to climate change. By selecting recycled plastic lumber for your order, you will be preserving the world’s rainforests, the cooling lungs of the earth, while creating a sustainable market for post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste.

Products made with non-structural Recycled Plastic Lumber planks (RPL) inside DeepStream’s unique structural aluminum frame are a perfect choice for outdoor placement, while making a strong environmental statement.

Please discuss saving this diminishing resources for future generations with clients that specify tropical hardwoods.

Our recycled plastic lumber requires no maintenance and lasts for decades without fading, saving your clients money, while looking better over time than wood ever will.

DeepStream Design recycled plastic lumber wood planters for trees at Long House Reserve Garden
DeepStream Designs RPL wood planters for trees at Long House Reserve Garden

DeepStream creates many custom fixtures that use recycled plastic lumber.

Custom Fixtures, not custom prices, for hotels, restaurants, theme parks, water parks and spas.  DeepStream’s proprietary frame system allows us to create a coordinated collection of durable custom fixtures. This approach provides visual continuity throughout your property, indoors or out.

A suite of outdoor custom fixtures at a tropical waterpark made with weatherproof recycled plastic lumber
A suite of outdoor custom fixtures at a tropical waterpark made with weatherproof RPL

Custom fixtures shown above include a point-of-sale enclosure with marine-anodized aluminum tambour door and frame. It features an insulated 316 stainless steel top, hinges, drawer slides, and handle.

The modern combination trash and recycling receptacles are also constructed with recycled plastic panels. Easily wiped clean, RPL does not stain and can be pressure cleaned – perfect for food service outlets. Because DeepStream’s trademark aluminum extrusions are marine-anodized, there is no paint or powder coating to fail. Turning on silent Delrin bushings, the bin push flaps are constructed of unfinished 5086 marine aluminum, making them easily cleaned and refinished.

Waterparks use a lot of towels. One of the RPL cabinets in the center holds fresh towels. The other cabinet houses a roll-in towel return cart.

An example of a hotel pool towel return cart cabinet crafted with RPL
Recycled Plastic Lumber hotel pool towel return cabinet for large towel return carts.

If you have any questions, or there is anything DeepStream’s dedicated American craftspeople can design and build for you using Recycled Plastic Lumber, please contact us to discuss your project.

There is never a fee for design or quotes. Sheila Boyce has designed thousands of installations, so she is a great free and friendly resource at your disposal. Call her at: 305 857-0466 or email dsdmiami@gmail.com.

Modern Airport Recycling and Trash Receptacles

Modern Recycling Receptacle

With almost $2 billion on the line, a modern airport needed modern recycling and trash receptacles.

When ordinary wouldn’t do for this modern airport, DeepStream’s modern trash and recycling bins allowed the project’s designers to integrate recycling into more areas to support the Orlando Aviation Authority’s continued focus on Sustainability.

DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Thatch resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center
DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Thatch resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center

Florida’s newest and most modern airport will also be its most bold and dynamic in the spirit of Orlando, home to world class theme parks. Modern trash and recycling receptacles by DeepStream have been chosen for Orlando International Airport’s South Terminal.

Designers chose DeepStream’s modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Thatch resin panels. 3form makes an almost unlimited pallet of textures, colors, and materials to combine into unique decorative panels that wipe clean. The Varia Thatch that designers chose uses natural thatch set into clear and colored resin panels.

Historic Miami icon selects DeepStream Design modern combination trash and recycling bins

Handcrafted with marine-anodized aluminum frames, these combination trash and recycling bins have no powder coating or paint to fail. Environmentally responsible weatherproof panels of recycled plastic lumber (RPL) carry a 50-year warranty from the manufacturer.

By selecting RPL panels there is no tropical hardwood to refinish or to cut from endangered rainforests. Deepstream goes further in its commitment to an endangered environment. We plants 100 trees through the Trees for the Future in our customers’ honor for every bin purchased. Customers receive a certificate for the forest planted in their name, showing their commitment to saving the Earth.

The removable rugged leak proof inner bins are rotomolded from recycled plastic as well.

Click for more info on DeepStream's modern commercial combination recycling and trash receptacle crafted with maintenance free weatherproof recycled plastic lumber and anodized aluminum, no paint or powder coating to fail pictured on the waterfront of Miami's historic Vizcaya Mansion.
DeepStream’s modern commercial combination recycling and trash receptacle crafted with maintenance free weatherproof recycled plastic lumber and anodized aluminum, no paint or powder coating to fail pictured on the waterfront of Miami’s historic Vizcaya Mansion.

How do you make a great trash bin better? By adding a recycling bin option and crafting it to stand up to harsh saltwater conditions using yacht building techniques and materials. Modern combination recycling and trash bins can reflect your design criteria and set your property apart.

DeepStream Designs’ trademark proprietary leg design has a quick-change, slide-in panel system. We create modern combination recycling and trash receptacles customized especially for your project, which supports the investment you have made in creating a unique brand identity for your property.

Click for more info on modern Combination Trash and Recycling receptacle
Oahu Modern Combination Trash and Recycling Bin – Ipe Brown

With no paint or powder coating to fail, these receptacles may be pressure cleaned for maintenance. 

An example of a modern combination recycling and trash receptacle
Oahu Modern Combination Trash and Recycling Bin – Ipe Brown

An example of a modern combination recycling and trash receptacle
Oahu Combination Trash and Recycling Bin – Light Grey

DeepStream uses the Principles of Sustainable Design to create bins with replaceable parts in case of damage. If your bins don’t look good then we don’t look good. DeepStream partners with our customers, providing replacement parts at manufacturer’s direct cost through our unique Core Replacement Program.

Whether you need 1 or 100, buy factory direct.
Call Sheila or Julia at (305) 857-0466 or email us at dsdmiami@gmail.com to discuss your needs or answer any questions you might have.

3form Recycling and Trash Receptacles

DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Ion Green Tea resin panels

3form Varia Resin panels are a popular option selected by Deepstream Designs’ customers for their upscale projects’ recycling and trash receptacles.

DeepStream’s craftsmen create custom modern trash and recycling receptacles with materials selected by our customers . Along with tropical hardwood and environmentally friendly recycled plastic lumber, 3form panels are the most popular.

DeepStream's Modern Combination Trash and Recycling Bin with 3form Bear Grass panels under cover at an outdoor mall
DeepStream’s Modern Combination Trash and Recycling Bin with Bear Grass panels

The quality of these custom-order trash receptacles helps upscale businesses set themselves apart from competitors. Placed indoors or outside, DeepStream has an appropriate material for you to customize your receptacles.

Rugged yet sophisticated ergonomic designs with front and top loading options are a hit with customers and your staff. Hygienic plastic bin liners and anodized aluminum frame make DeepStream’s bins ideal for any upscale locations. Popular options include hidden casters and Smokers Outposts, along with custom openings for separating recycled materials.

DeepStream's modern recycling receptacle with 3form Tiger Thatch panels shown in a modern residence
DeepStream’s modern recycling receptacle with 3form Tiger Thatch panels

Anodized aluminum legs and 316-stainless steel lid mean there is no paint or powder coating to fail. DeepStream engineers its modern trash bins and recycling receptacles to maintain their beauty for years while receiving hundreds of thousands of customer touches.

DeepStream dual stream recycling bin with 3form Ion Green Tea Panel at a  5 star conference center
DeepStream dual stream modern recycling bin with Ion Green Tea Panel

Interior Designers and Architects love 3form’s limitless selection of natural materials, patterns, and colors to customize receptacles for thier projects modern recycling receptacles and trash bins. 

A modern trash receptacle by DeepStream Design with Blue Glass 3form panels in front of a colorful fruit drink stand
A modern trash receptacle by DeepStream Design with Blue Glass 3form panels
DeepStream 3form Bear Grass Double Modern Recycle Bin at the Chicago Field Museum environmental exhibit
Museum quality: DeepStream 3form Bear Grass Double Modern Recycle Bin at the Chicago Field Museum environmental exhibit
DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center
DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center
DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Thatch resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center
DeepStream modern combination recycling receptacle and trash bin with 3form Varia Thatch resin panels at Orlando Intermodal Center

The Deepstream dual stream recycling bins in the 5 photos below went into a parking garage in Houston. Trademark anodized aluminum legs and 16 gauge 316 stainless steel lids will stand up to Houston’s coastal weather. Marine anodized aluminium means that there is no paint or powder coating to fail.

DeepStream's dual stream Modern Recycling Bin using 3form Seaweed resin panels
DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin
DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
Closeup of an optional Smokers Outpost mounted to a DeepStream dual stream Modern Recycling Bin with 3form Seaweed resin panels
DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
DeepStream 3form Harvest modern Double Recycle Bin
DeepStream 3form Harvest modern Double Recycle Bin
DeepStream 3form Harvest modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
DeepStream Harvest modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option

Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles: DeepStream’s Empire Collection

DeepStream Designs Chameleon Trash Bin with "Tree" Graphics

Deepstream Designs handcrafts unique Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles that will set your property or business apart from the crowd.

Trademark proprietary designs, with quick-change system for graphics, create unique Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles in a cost effective manner specially for your project. This results in receptacles that support the investment you’ve made in creating a unique brand identity.

Deepstream has a unique modern receptacle for you because, whether you need receptacles for indoors or outdoors, they need to be unique.

ATI’s Empire Collection of aluminum graphics skins on DeepStream’s modern receptacles makes these usually boring fixtures magnificent! The Empire collection is just one of many choices for modern recycling and trash receptacles.

Tree design in dark cherry

DeepStream Designs' Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs’ Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame. Equipped with 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid

The easier you can make it for people to recycle or dispose of trash appropriately, the more often people will do so.  Making it easier for people to dispose of waste appropriately boils down to offering more opportunities. 

DeepStream’s infinite variety of attractive Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles make it beautiful and easy to add more opportunities for your customers or visitors to do the right thing and recycle.

DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs’ Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics. A stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner. Topped with a 9″ Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" stainless museum lid

Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with Tree aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame. Equipped with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ stainless museum lid

When businesses support recycling with modern receptacles, they generate positive brand recognition with both current and potential customers.

ChopStix Graphics

DeepStream Designs' Modern Audubon Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Chopstix aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs’ Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Chopstix aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Chopstix aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs’ Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with Chopstix aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ Kydex lid

Beautiful modern recycling and trash receptacles recycling are an investment in the appearance of your property.  We partner with our customers by making replacement parts available at our direct cost through our Core Replacement Program.

Puzzle Graphics

DeepStream Designs' Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Puzzle aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs’ Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Puzzle aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Puzzle aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs’ Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacle with Puzzle aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame. Adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ Kydex lid compet the receptacle.
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with Puzzle aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" stainless museum lid
Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with Puzzle aluminum graphics. Housed inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet and a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ stainless museum lid

Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles are built by American Craftsmen, using yacht-building techniques and materials. The design allows for damaged pieces to be replaced at the manufacturer’s direct cost via our unique “Core Replacement Program.”

CrossSway Graphics

DeepStream Designs' Audubon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame housing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs’ Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a marine anodized aluminum frame. Containing 2 leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 16-gauge 316 stainless steel hinged lid
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9"Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs’ Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet. The bin contains a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″Kydex lid
DeepStream Designs' Chameleon Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" stainless museum lid
Chameleon Modern Trash Receptacles with CrossSway aluminum graphics inside a stainless steel frame. Adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ stainless museum lid

The rugged classic Nautique Trash Bin, perfect for harsh outdoor conditions, even ski areas and beach bars.

Extensive testing shows the Nautique bin resists all the elements that nature can throw at it. As a result the Nautique is at home outdoors in snowy ski areas or beach bars with salty ocean environments.  Inside the stainless steel frame is a rugged 24-gallon UV-resistant recycled LLPDE rubbish bin liner. 

Used indoors, with or without a lid, it is a perfect towel return bin for gyms, pools, saunas, modern Salons, and Spa environments.

DeepStream Designs' Nautique Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles with a rugged weatherproof inner bin inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9" UV resistant polypropylene lid.
DeepStream Designs’ Nautique Modern Trash Receptacle with a rugged weatherproof inner bin inside a stainless steel frame with adjustable feet housing a leak proof removable recycled plastic liner with a 9″ UV resistant polypropylene lid

Modern Recycling and Trash Receptacles can take many forms. DeepStream Designs also creates Modern Wood Trash Receptacles in many sizes and styles to meet your needs.

Accessories add Functionality

Accessory casters for mobility add functionality to heavy food service carts

Rugged stainless steel casters add functionality to custom fixtures.

While all of DeepSteams accessories add functionality to custom fixtures, Casters are the most often requested accessory by customers. Casters can be attached to a recessed frame to hide them, or they can be added directly to the corners of the trademark marine anodized aluminum legs.

There are rugged accessory casters for almost every product. Stainless steel casters for heavy wooden food service carts, garden planters, or a weatherproof point-of-sale terminal cabinet. Medium duty dual wheel accessory casters work extremely well indoors on both carpet and hard floors.

An assortment of accessory casters to choose from, stainless steel exterior casters or bright metal casters for indoors
Accessory casters for every need
An example of Custom Fixtures, exterior grade wood food service carts on accessory casters for mobility
250 pound custom wood restaurant fixtures with drawers fitted with heavy duty stainless steel accessory casters for mobility mounted directly into the aluminum legs
Medium duty Interior casters mount directly into the leg extrusions of DeepStream products
Medium duty Interior casters mount directly into the aluminum leg extrusions of DeepStream products
Bomb proof caster base:  4" wide by 1/4" thick aircraft aluminum angle to mount optional hidden casters on DeepStream products
Bomb proof caster base: 4″ wide by 1/4″ thick aircraft aluminum angle to mount optional hidden casters on DeepStream products

The second most requested accessory to add functionality is leveling feet.

DeepStream Designs stocks two types of levelers for the bottom of products made with  Audubon legs, like the bin pictured below.  Both levelers have a maximum adjustment range of approximately 1-3/4 inches and rugged 12mm (1/2″) thick stainless steel stems with non-marking plastic footpads.

rigid and articulated levelling feet are popular accessories to add functionality to custom fixtures
Rigid leveler compared to an articulated leveler

The pad of Rigid Leveler fits completely under a leg, raising the bin by 5/8” at a minimum. The Articulated Leveler, at right, has a wider foot pad that sticks out just a bit and raises the bin by 1-1/8” at its lowest setting.  Both Levelers can be retrofitted in the field by affixing a special nut inside the void designed into the bottom of the DeepStream Designs trademark marine anodized aircraft aluminum leg.

The Rigid Leveler, above, is a lighter weight leveler with a smaller ridged floor pad for situations where the floor is generally flat, but there may be different levels caused by bricks or tile that are not completely level.

articulated leveler inserted in to the void of DeepStream's marine anodized aluminum leg
The wider articulated leveler for slopes

The Articulated Leveler, above, has a thicker and wider articulated pad that will rotate off level for situations where the bin is placed on a slope and you need to level it up, not just stabilize the leg for a lower tile or brick.

Which one do you need? If you’re placing a trash or recycling receptacle in a situation like the one shown below built with 100% recycled plastic lumber, where the brick sidewalk slopes sharply away from the building, you need the articulated leveler as a shown retrofitted on the right.

articulated levelers
Don’t try to balance your custom fixture on makeshift levelers when it’s easy to add proper leveling feet.
An articulated leveler shown extended to correct for a significant sidewalk slope
A rugged articulated leveler with a 1/2″ thick stainless steel bolt shown extended to correct for a significant sidewalk slope

Optional Smokers Outpost can be factory installed or retrofitted.

Another popular accessory that adds functionality is the Smokers Outpost, available in Stainless Steel, silver grey and black .

DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
DeepStream 3form Seaweed modern Double Recycle Bin with grey Smokers Outpost option
Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin accessory stainless steel Smokers Outpost mounted to a receptacle
Deepstream Dark Grey Recycled Plastic Lumber Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin with stainless steel Smokers Outpost accessory

Adaptation: Trash and Recycling Bin Weatherproof Cover

Modern combination trash bin and recycling receptacle with a weatherproof lid

Adaptation, a hallmark of our Sustainable Design philosophy, is reflected in our products’ modular design.  Why throw away and replace when you can adapt?

Adaptation, a key component of Sustainable Design embraced by Deepstream is the ability of our products to adapt. Adaptive Design allows for the replacement, or reworking, of components to preserve the value and materials of an earlier design.

The adaptive cover below was created for a school in California. The school was committed to recycling, but was also home to feisty squirrels that rummaged their bins. The result, a “weatherproof ” critter cover.

An example of adaptation, Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin weatherproof cover crafted in 316 stainless steel by DeepStream keeps rain and animals out shown closed
Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin cover crafted in 316 stainless steel by DeepStream keeps rain and animals out

If your top loading Audubon modern DeepStream recycling receptacle or trash bin is outside and you have raccoons, you might want to adapt your cover and lid with a low-profile slot and hasp for a lock. This also works if your neighbors are using your bin.

An example of adaptive design a lock hasp added to a modern stainless steel trash or recycling receptacle lid
Adaptive design: a lock hasp added to a modern stainless steel trash or recycling receptacle lid
An example of adaptive design a lock hasp added to a modern stainless steel trash or recycling receptacle lid
An example of adaptive design: a lock hasp added to a modern stainless steel trash or recycling receptacle lid

DeepStream builds every product as if the application is in a coastal environment near salt water or out in the rain. This adaptive flap is constructed from 18-gauge 316 stainless steel, whereas the lid is 16-gauge 316 stainless steel.

Adaptation, a Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin cover crafted in 316 stainless steel by DeepStream keeps rain and animals out, shown open
Recycling Receptacle and Trash Bin cover crafted in 316 stainless steel by DeepStream keeps rain and animals out

The hinged design is simple and robust, just like our bins. The low profile stainless steel piano hinge attaches to the lid with flush fasteners. A template makes it easy to adapt your existing lid with a drill and a screwdriver.

DeepStream modern wood multi stream recycling bin with open weatherproof cover open outside at a school
Outdoor Recycling Bins

The 18-8 stainless steel handle has a standard distance between mounting holes. Should it be damaged, it can be replaced at cost, as can any individual piece, through DeepStream’s Core Replacement Program. You may also customize your handles when ordering or buy a substitute wherever kitchen hardware is sold.

DeepStream modern wood multi stream recycling bin with weatherproof cover outside at a school
Outdoor Recycling Bin with a weatherproof cover

The only compromise we have found in this design adaptation is that simple care needs to be taken when opening the lid to replace the bags that line the inner bins. However, it is an intuitive maneuver to open the lid with one hand while holding and gently lowering the cover with the other hand.

Of course, the cover also works well to keep out heavy rains and snow. 

An outdoor modern combination trash bin and recycling receptacle with a weatherproof lid shown with a lot of snow on top and all around
Modern combination trash bin and recycling receptacle with a weatherproof lid

Packaging: The final step in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing

Packaging:  The final step in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing for DeepStream Designs:

Sustainable Design, coupled with manufacturing products that stand the test of time in an environmentally responsible and sustainable fashion, allows DeepStream’s Customers to eliminate the “throw away” waste factor found in many of today’s products.

However, that is just the start of DeepStream’s Environmental Stewardship.

It is not enough that our products will last for generations and help slow the destruction of the rainforest.  Or that our products are 100% recyclable when their end of service finally comes. Or that we replant thousands of trees through “Trees for the Future” every year in our customers’ honor, a program which also offers locals alternative forestry jobs in tree nurseries and reforestation.

Even more potential rainforest destruction is diverted by offering planking for our recycling bins and garden planters made from recycled plastic.

DeepStream also ensures that it is meeting our environmental stewardship commitments with our packaging.

All of our cardboard used in shipping is 100% recycled content and purchased through Pratt Industries, www.prattindustries.com.   Similarly, we build our pallets in house to ensure that the 2x4s we use are harvested and certified through either the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, www.sfiprogram.org , or the Forest Stewardship Council, www.fsc.org, or both.   These standards provide third-party verification that the forest management and on-the-ground activities used by the lumber producers are environmentally responsible and sustainable.

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