Definition of furniture

Hi Bo, great question, and I'm not sure there's a 100% clear answer. From personal experience, I've seen GBCI accept large waste receptacles as furniture, but that was a v2009 project.  Here's the v4 definition of furniture and furnishings: "the stand-alone furniture items purchased for the project, including individual and group seating; open-plan and private-office workstations; desks and tables; storage units, credenzas, bookshelves, filing cabinets, and other case goods; wall-mounted visual-display products (e.g., marker boards and tack boards, excluding electronic displays); and miscellaneous items, such as easels, mobile carts, freestanding screens, installed fabrics, and movable partitions. Hospitality furniture is included as applicable to the project. Office accessories, such as desktop blotters, trays, tape dispensers, waste baskets, and all electrical items, such as lighting and small appliances, are excluded."  That definition doesn't totally clear things up. But if your waste containers are larger and more substantial than desk-side waste baskets, it might make sense to classify them as furniture.

Are containers like these also considered to be furniture? I'm a bit frustrated

Hi Todd - you can exclude those containers.