Whether it’s summer or winter, cleaning your dustbin is something to do regularly, without waiting for the infamous bad smell. Let’s see how and what products to use to have perfect and germ-proof containers.
Smelly bin? Here are the culprits
How many times has it happened to you to return home after a while and feel a strange smell in the air. And maybe bitterly discover that the person responsible for everything is the garbage pail, or rather, usually that of the wet one.
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- eggs and egg yolks
- remnants of fish, especially if raw
- leftovers of meat for the cat or the dog
- some types of vegetables no longer fresh, such as the sauerkraut oi broccoli
- in general, many things gone bad they tend to smell a lot.
The rule is simple: the more they stay there in the bucket, the more they stink. And the more bacteria they produce. From the bag then the stink will soak also there plastic of the dustbin and if we do not run for cover we will find ourselves having to use the hard way for cleaning.
When to clean the waste bin
If in your municipality the recycling, to clean the bin we can base it on collection cadence of the I decline wet, which is normally done a couple of times a week. Those will be the right occasions to give one wipe, also rapid, to the container, before putting a new bag back on.
The bags of rejection wet I’m usually enough ends, and not infrequently they leave traces or losses in the waste bin. In addition, it happens that some leftovers fall directly out from the bag, going to dirty the plastic. Small incidents like these are the order of the day; they are not always so visible, e for safety it’s always good to do a cleaning before reusing the container.
Once every 2/3 weeks instead we recommend one cleaning more thorough that eliminates any trace not only of grease but also of germs.
How to clean the dustbin
Does not do a lot difference whether it is the waste bin or plastic or glass bin. There procedure and the itself, only the size and maybe the frequency change: the bins, not containing food substances, tend to get dirty e to stink very less and therefore do not have the same needs as that of the wet.
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Before starting the operation, arm yourself with:
- sponge
- detergent universal / sanitizing, or alternatively bicarbonate sodium or vinegar
- water
So if you already have special interior cleaning products at home they will be just fine. Alternatively you can create your solution cleaning personalized stirring a little bit of bicarbonate or a little bit of vinegar in water. If you have one sprinkle in which to pay the operation will be a lot more easy.
Method:
- Take the waste bin is sprinkle everywhere the detergent or solution of water and baking soda or vinegar, both inside and outside.
- Or, if you don’t have the sprayer, paid directly the powder of bicarbonate or L’vinegar on the container in a sparse way.
- Let it act a few minutes e then move on well with there sponge up to the corners a bit more difficult to clean.
- Proceed to Flushing is then dry or let it dry.
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Self the inside of the bin has some encrustations difficult to clean, such as those of grease, you can to do a sort of pasta with baking soda and very little water: the mixture must be compact enough. Spread it on dirt and leave Act for a quarter of an hour, then rinse.
For a deeper cleansing, every 15/20 days try to to put the container in the bathroom for a half an hour, using always the themselves products (detergent, baking soda or vinegar).
Tips to keep odors away
There are some little tricks to slow the advance of the stench in the dustbin. The first of these you should already know: clean often! If you have already made this mantra yours, we can move on to a few more tricks:
- Try to use gods thicker bags. Often those for wet waste are very fine and fragile, and leaks are the order of the day.
- Use a double bag, always in case the ones you have at home are too fine.
- To spread a little bit of bicarbonate of sodium at the bottom of the bin is even on that of the bag. It is an excellent antibacterial, it sanitizes, absorbs and neutralizes odors very effectively.
- Spread on the bottom of the bag (but not the waste bin) the coffee grounds, they also neutralize odors well, and unless you hate coffee they will also leave you with a discreet scent.
- Throw away unsafe foods, the ones we talked about above, in a small bag apart from and close it After that you can throw it into the wet bag.
- Evaluate thepurchase of an bin for the compost, always if you have some space outside to place it.
