To tell you that I am totally fed up of the kitchen bin stinking.

Thats the problem
when it’s full is not often enough
life is too short to live with a stinking bin
empty it daily
get a smaller bin

Like PP have said, it depends on what you're putting in the bin (and how often you empty it). My recyclable plastic/glass/tin is rinsed and goes in the the recycling bins. Cardboard/paper into another. Food waste is in a food caddy (with a biodegradable liner). I will freeze certain food waste to stop the smells (and chuck them on bin collection day). I've got a stackable Joseph Joseph bin (recycling goes in the bit underneath then gets taken out and sorted). Smaller capacity than my previous large kitchen bin, but I found emptying it more frequently helps. I clean my bin frequently too (quick wipe with an antibacterial wipe), and I think that helps.

Why are people adding smells and flavours and scented bags and powders to their rubbish when you can just manage it more effectively? All of these products bring in even more rubbish through their packaging and chemical footprint!

Same here. I empty the kitchen bin often and double bag everything that goes in our black bin just to minimise any outside smells too.

Food waste in tub by the sink emptied each evening to outside green bin.

Meat / fish wrappings go immediately in to outside black bin.

Other stuff doesn't seem to smell - we do rinse things like cans before putting in the bin, as you should (we have two inside - recycling and non recycling).

I can’t bear smelly bins either.

I have a waste disposal for ‘moist’ food waste
I put packaging from fish/ prawns etc straight into the bin outside
I wash my bin out once or twice a week with kitchen spray and hot water

I have a smaller kitchen albino (one of those with a recycling drawer built in) and its good because I naturally change it more. Big kitchen bins are more likely to kick up a stink of waiting until they're full

The simple answer to this is that you're not emptying your bin enough. You probably need to do it daily in the summer.

Get some biodegradable nappy bags. I've got a pack of 50 and they are for my baby's nappies of course but I realised anything smelly could actually go in them to prevent the bin smell. Could hang one inside our outside a cupboard for smelly kitchen bits, then bin that.

Yes, I use Freshbin or Neutradol bin powder. I also put anything wet or smelly in a small bag, and tie it up before putting it in the kitchen bin (this is after I once got maggots in hot weather )

Ours doesn’t smell unless we’ve had fish and put the bones in the bin - then it gets emptied whether it’s full or not. Meat bones generally go in the freezer for future stock making.

We use those Simple human bin bags with the collar that fits the bin so nothing ever goes down the side of the bag. That helps. Also rinse any unclean packaging before it goes in the recycling. I don’t have a food waste caddy but find any fruit/veg waste doesn’t smell anyway?

None of our bins stink. We have a compost caddy for fruit and veg bits which gets emptied into the outside bin daily. Hardly ever throw away other food but if we do it's into a green bag and tied up asap. All packaging gets rinsed before putting in the bin. I have no sympathy for people whining about maggots and stink in bins. It's avoidable with a small amount of effort.

Veg peelings into compost, tins and glass and some plastics rinsed out for recycling. Paper/card into recycling. Anything else in the bin, but things like plastic food containers would be rinsed first, so there aren't any meat juices or curry sauce or the like going in. I don't often have meat with bones, so there's not much of thst sort of food waste.

I find onions and garlic trimmings (tiny, tiny amounts) are the worst culprits for making my bin stink.

I put them (and most other "wet" stuff) straight into the outside dust bin.

I use a Glade plug-in to make the bin smell nice, just a few drops of the oil into a new bin liner works wonders 😂I've found it works best, the "bin freshener" stuff doesn't come close to a good old plug-in!

Our bin is emptied every day in warmer weather, and rinsed out.

I’ve discovered “citrus fresh” odour neutralising bin liners from Tesco - they do actually help.
Food waste goes in a food caddy here though so it’s just smells from some food packaging

It’s packaging for meat and fish that smells. We rinse and put in the outside recycling box right away. Then only thing that goes in our bin is nappies with wee in them, old tissues, biscuit wrappers etc. less stinky food like old uneaten rice or Cheerios etc.

Oh my word! Where do you live????

I do this. All food waste goes in this little tub beside the sink and gets emptied regularly. My mum did the same and I suppose I just followed suit.

Recycling shouldn't smell. Anything that has to be general rubbish and doesn't suit food waste or recycling gets trotted out to the general waste bin outside.

We have a tiny (10L) bin and empty it daily before bed. No issues with smell as any leftover food etc isn't in there long enough!

As pps, only clean waste goes into kitchen pedal bin. Meat and fish wrappers rinsed off before disposal. Food waste in the caddy in the garage. That smells, but not so bad as it is in the garage, and it's also cooler in there. Collected weekly.

Recycling always rinsed out, into the big wheelie bin, also in the garage. Never smells.

OP, you've said twice now that you have a pedal bin. That's meaningless unless you say what size it is. I have a pedal bin in my bathroom and kitchen - both completely different sizes and capacities.

Also, 'when it is full' is not a timescale.

Sometimes, our bin is full after a couple of days. Sometimes, it takes a week to fill it.

If you want advice on tackling this you're going to need to give people the information they're asking for in order for them to do that.

Emptying everyday surely means you get through loads of plastic bags though. Not great for the environment or your pocket. Better to avoid putting anything wet or smelly in there.

Keep news paper on your bench top. Wrap all your rubbish as you go before you put it into the bin.

Yes, I know newspapers are old fashioned but they have their uses.

It'll be certain food stuffs in it that can cling after washing sometimes, that make a bin stink. Especially if wrappers from meat fish, pet food tins coffee grounds, tea bags, fish tins. All you can do is throw the bag out soon as it begins to smell and wash and rinse the bin out really well.
Can you have a small kitchen compost bin for food scraps? The pedal bin for other stuff.