a method and device for storing and sorting laundry is disclosed comprising one or more elevated laundry bins each with a top end opening and a normally - closed drop bottom . the bins are elevated above a laundry work area so that laundry contained within each bin is released to the laundry work area upon opening the drop bottom . one or more laundry bins can be combined adjacent to each other to form a multiple bin unit which sorts laundry by receiving laundry within the separate laundry bins . the method includes storing the laundry until the volume of a bin is filled whereupon it is released to a laundry machine having a load volume equal to the bin volume .