Beauty BinsTrash can cleaning tips and advice
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Tips to Eliminate Garage and Garbage Odors
Garages and trash cans both collect odors. How baking soda, dryer sheets and a tidy space take the smell out of both.
Keeping Your Trash Cans From Blowing Away
Wind knocks trash cans over and blows litter down the street. Simple ways to secure a trash can to a garage, a post or a weighted base.
Hiding Your Outdoor Trash Bins
Creative ways to hide outdoor trash bins with plants, fences and rocks, while keeping rodents and smells away from the house.
Clean Trash Bins to Reduce the Spread of Infection
How garbage bins spread infection through leftover food and bacteria, which germs to watch for, and how to clean a bin safely.
Tips for Cleaning Your Trash Bin With Bleach
Step by step, how to clean a trash bin with bleach: empty, pre-rinse, spray and scrub, rinse and wipe dry.
Ways to Make Your Garbage Bin Smell Better
Baking soda, dryer sheets, coffee grounds, citrus peels and cat litter: five simple ways to make a garbage bin smell better.
Keep Your Trash Can Smelling Fresh Between Bags
Baking soda, lemon peel, cat litter and a clean bin: five ways to keep a trash can from smelling between trash days.
Why Does Garbage Smell?
The science behind garbage smell: why trash stinks, why your nose notices it, and how to stop the odor at its source.
Dangerous Bacteria Found in Garbage Cans
Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria and more can grow in a dirty garbage bin. How the bacteria spread, and how to clean them out.
How Often Should You Clean Your Trash Bin?
Germs, pests and smell build up between cleanings. How often to clean a trash bin, and the best way to do it yourself.