Page 4 | To tell you that I am totally fed up of the kitchen bin stinking.

girlfriend44 · 2025-08-03T22:27:47+00:00

Probably the time of year. The kitchen bin.often stinks and it's horrible. Yes it's gets cleaned and the bags changed but ewwwww I hate it. How do you cope with your smelly kitchen bin anything I'm missing?😚😷😫

shellyleppard · 04/08/2025 03:28

A sprinkle of soap powder in the bottom does help

TheCoralEagle · 04/08/2025 03:02

Isitreallysohard · 04/08/2025 00:46

How can you put food in the recycling bin?

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The kitchen bin is just non-recyclables. Crisp packets etc. No food and nothing smelly so it never smells of anything.

Now the food bin - that's another matter at this time of year 🤢

FeralWoman · 04/08/2025 02:48

Empty it daily.

No3392 · 04/08/2025 02:44

EmeraldShamrock000 · 04/08/2025 02:07

Get a decent metal compost caddy.
I use a small kitchen bin, it is not big enough to get smelly.

I'm thinking of getting a compost bin, but worry it will just be full of maggots all the time

momager1 · 04/08/2025 02:44

we are very lucky that we have waste pick up daily except Sundays. I no longer have a bin. We still have plastic bags here for our shopping, so I hang one in the utility room on the door handle (it is off my kitchen) and it goes out every day for pick up. Thank god. In this heat it would stink to high heaven.

JudyP · 04/08/2025 02:24

All food waste and tea bags and coffee grounds go in the composting which gets emptied every day at least - recycling gets washed out and anything else that goes in the actual bin gets rinsed if it looks like it will be smelly - if there’s something I’m concerned might make it smelly (chicken carcass) I freeze it and then pop all the frozen stuff in just the day we empty the bin for collection so it gets picked up that day - this has helped a lot

Heartofglass12345 · 04/08/2025 02:18

I keep thinking of using those gel things that you can stick to the side of your toilet, I don’t know what they are called but they might work!

EmeraldShamrock000 · 04/08/2025 02:07

girlfriend44 · 04/08/2025 01:01

When it's full. Pedal Bin.

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Everyday??

EmeraldShamrock000 · 04/08/2025 02:07

Get a decent metal compost caddy.
I use a small kitchen bin, it is not big enough to get smelly.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 04/08/2025 02:02

We have a large kitchen bin, it never smells, it contains stuff that isn't recyclable and if it's wrapping from food i.e. the packaging from a roast chicken, or used coffee pods, it's washed before it's binned

Hankunamatata · 04/08/2025 01:55

We have 4 bins.
Recyclables get washed if needed and put in bin so they don't smell

Then other bins are in cupboard so that helps smell woth sealed lids and air fresher in cupboard - they all pull out on a rack
Small sealed food bin we empty daily
Small bin for general rubbish that again is emptied daily
Small glass bin

WanderleyWagon · 04/08/2025 01:05

Do you have to put wet/organic stuff as well as landfill in the pedal bin?

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girlfriend44 · 04/08/2025 01:01

ladyofshertonabbas · 04/08/2025 00:55

How often is it emptied?

When it's full. Pedal Bin.

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Mossstitch · 04/08/2025 01:01

echt · 03/08/2025 23:49

No wet food bar tea bags goes into my bin as the council composts everything else with the garden waste. The trick is not to have a big bin as stuff stays in for longer and gets smelly. Smaller bin, change more often.

Our council only collects fortnightly and we aren't allowed wheelie bins, it's a nightmare as meat and fish wrappers invariably stink after a few days but nowhere to put it🤷‍♀️

BashfulClam · 04/08/2025 00:57

Bicarbonate of soda sprinkled in the bottom. Dettol spray each time the bag is changed, clean the lid every day! No smells here.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 04/08/2025 00:56

Ours gets emptied every evening.

ladyofshertonabbas · 04/08/2025 00:55

How often is it emptied?

Tarkan · 04/08/2025 00:49

I have a Joseph Joseph bin with a filter in the lid and we’ve noticed a huge difference thanks to that. It has a food caddy inside it for our food recycling as well so no smells from that either.

Isitreallysohard · 04/08/2025 00:46

Bologneselove · 03/08/2025 23:34

I never put food items or plastic that contained wet food. Those go in recycling bills. Bin never smells. I reverted to this way because my kitchen bin stank so quickly.

How can you put food in the recycling bin?

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 04/08/2025 00:45

What sort of things are you putting in it? Meat and fish will obviously smell bad.

Fresh veg peelings? Not bad.

Cooked leftover potatoes? They’ll smell bad.

If you can identify what it is, get some very small bags so that thing can immediately go in the wheely bin, or do as the Australians (and a pp) do and freeze it until bin day.

And yes, smaller bin. What size is your pedal bin? They come in all sizes.

Soak and scrub any hinges and bits that are not smooth plastic.

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girlfriend44 · 03/08/2025 23:54

echt · 03/08/2025 23:49

No wet food bar tea bags goes into my bin as the council composts everything else with the garden waste. The trick is not to have a big bin as stuff stays in for longer and gets smelly. Smaller bin, change more often.

It's a pedal bin.

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victorianbaby · 03/08/2025 23:53

This from Amazon

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

Isabelle70 · 03/08/2025 23:52

I had a food waste caddy that only has uncooked vegetables peelings or teabags in it. Any cooked food waste goes in a bag in the freezer. Any recyclable items are rinsed in the last bit of dish water so my kitchen bin only has clean waste in it. Never smells and the dog takes no interest in it so it can’t smell!

echt · 03/08/2025 23:49

No wet food bar tea bags goes into my bin as the council composts everything else with the garden waste. The trick is not to have a big bin as stuff stays in for longer and gets smelly. Smaller bin, change more often.

Inchworms · 03/08/2025 23:46

Solidarity OP but no good advice