The $Recycle.Bin folder is a genuine Windows folder. It is part of the file system. It is there to give you a chance to undelete a file when you make a mistake. Without it, data recovery is pretty much impossible since the operating system moves all the deleted files to this directory, in case you would like to restore them later. You can't just delete it as it will most likely be denied or get recreated. However, you can manually empty all contents...
