Recyle Bin Vs. Permanently Delete

Annie from Willet, NY writes: How do you get items to go directly into the "Recycle Bin" instead of being "permanently deleted?" I accidentally deleted family photos thinking they were going into recycle bin, only to finally read the statement "do you want to go permanent delete?" I tried looking at the recycle bin properties, but there are no options to put in the bin. I have Windows 8 OS. Thanks!