We ordered one for recycling and one for garbage. The white is true and bright white. Both of them arrived (at the same time) in good condition and without any damage to the cans. They were each packed in a box with a foam thing over the top and one on the bottom, both that extended past the cans a bit. One of the boxes had a small gauge in a corner but because of how it was packaged the can was not damaged by that.The finish is a nice a bright matte white and both cans were manufactured without any flaws. The step-opening function works well on both as do the soft-close lids. The liner removes to take out garbage or to clean, yet the removable liner is most helpful when taking out recycling. 13 Gallon kitchen sized trash cans fit these. You do have to ever so slightly stretch them on, but the fit is nice and secure. Due to the mouth being slightly wider, these cans fit bags much better than our previous trash can did. (Bags fit looser on our previous can and you could always see the bag peeking out on the sides because of that. Not the case with these.) There is a handle on the back top area for easy lifting if you need to move the whole thing.There is no strong plastic smell, so we didn't have to spend a week or so airing these out before bringing them into the house. On delivery day, one can smell a bit of new product plastic smell at first ONLY when we removed the hard plastic liner, not too strong and not when the plastic liner is in the can.We looked at white kitchen trash cans for a while and were rather hesitant about buying them online, but this was all good. Returns were possible, they are well made, good price, smart packaging, beautiful look. Very happy with this purchase.