System for trash free living?

We are going trash free this spring, the little waste we do have isn't worth paying the garbage company to haul away and now that we've found a fantastic local recycling company that takes just about everything we are almost there (just waiting for the spring thaw to clear out the burn barrell).

So my question is if you are trash free what is your system? Currently I have a bin outside the back door for recycling (plastic, cardboard, & metal) a paper bag under the sink behind the pull out trashcan for paper & junk mail, and then the pull out trash can for everything else. I currently use just a plastic container for compost stuff although our chickens eat most of that.
I can see when we make the final switch I'm going to need to change some things around as I will need something more airtight for the actual trash (plastic wrap from meats, bones since we have a lot of wild animals out here and i don't want to invite them by buring that stuff) and a bin for the burnables, the paper recycling and other recycling. I don't have room in the kitchen for bins so it's only what will fit under the sink.
So I'm looking to steal some ideas, what is your set up? I don't want to have to go outside everytime I use something.

 

mines still very much evolving, but i have a basket near my wood stove for paper and cardboard. my compostables go right in my potato cage atm, i have yet to build a compost bin. i think i might just keep using the potato cage though, since its just me and i dont generate enough compost to really fill a bin. i dont have a bucket inside, but im going to get one soon and then i will just empty it periodically on the taters or bin.
stuff like rice, porridge, pasta, etc. that would attract rats and raccoons i give to my dog. anything like that that may have gone bad i just flush down the toilet.
i still have a little amount of garbage going on, like one grocery bag every two or three weeks. im still getting settled and figuring out how to live on my own (been moved out since september) and my garbage basically consists of packaging that i forget about when i buy food. once i eliminate all the unrecyclable packing that comes in, i will be garbage free
good luck to you, fluffer

 

Any thoughts for the apartment crowd? I can't really compost yet, no yard, but I'm working on building an under-sink vermicomposter. I have no dog, just three neurotic goldfishies.

Recycling I can and do, both on my own and through city services.

 

"Burnables"? You burn trash? Things like plastic wrap? That produces a lot more pollution than disposing of stuff in a properly operated landfill. ICK.

 

Recycling and composting..those are the basics and they work really good in limiting waste. Also, try giving stuff that you dont want away instead of tossing it. Like old clothes and kid's toys and stuff.