Stinky stinky bin, help please.

[lostinwales]

Our kitchen bin, similar to this one if it had been used for 10 years and not looked after very well, STINKS. The plastic lining part seems to have picked up the fragrance of a decade of nappies and cooking and even when empty emits an unpleasant note of plasticised poo. I have tried everything I can think of, leaving it out in the sunshine (last summer, I have been stinky for a while, it's a wonder anyone ever comes to my house anymore). I've tried every cleaning product I can think of including filling it with boiling water and biological washing powder and then scrubbing it and using wheeie bin cleaning granules but it still shames me and makes the children give me evil looks (well I hope thats the bins fault)

So good clean women of mumsnet what shall I try next or can I give up happy that it has had a good 10 years and I may buy myself something new (

Tea tree oil.

Or bin it (see what I did there?!)

I clean my bin with hot soapy water and a big dose of bleach in it. That tends to kill the smell.

But IMO if what you have tried hasn't worked its time for a new one.

I gave up on 'nice' bins as they are a pain to clean and just got a basic swing top from the supermarket. No fiddley bits so you can keep on top of it, and if/when it gets too stinky or damaged you don't mind paying for a new one!

I suppose you could pack it out with bicarbonate soda, but to be honest you would pay more for that amount of BS than for a new bin.

I'd buy a new one

Tea tree, that's a new one I will have a go with that, it's a lovely smell too. I'm not sure I could afford to fill it with bicarb although it would be fun to try, then add some red food colour and vinegar (outside!) and have a giant volcano!

Thank you for your replies, I think a new low tech bin is the way to go, we're getting a skip over half term so I will bury the old one in there.

Get some minty Eucryl toothpowder and liberally apply, i spilt mine by mistake and it made everything it touched smell lovely.

Try cupful of bicarb in the bottom. That absorbs most smells.

Cat litter in the bottom. Don't tell the cat, though.

Thank you, I will try them all tomorrow, something has to make a difference! If it's not sorted by half term then in the skip it goes.

neat white vinegar is worth a try - really good at removing smells.

obviously a bin is too big to fill with vinegar, but a couple of inches at the bottom, left to soak overnight, and swabbing the rest down with vinegar could help.

The bin was unceremoniously dumped into the garden last night as it smelled so bad DH lost patience with it. On the plus side the kitchen smells lovely but the neighbours think we're turning into Steptoe and sons!

I think I will go bin shopping today

Yay!! Is it too late to make a volcano out of it? That sounds fun and will in no way freak the neighbours out

On a practical note, once you have your new bin - I always sprinkle a little bit of cat litter in the bottom of the bin bag to absorb anything wet like egg yolks or cereal dregs, so they don't leak into the bin itself and then it is easy to chuck a bucket of hot soapy water in and give it a swish to clean it!

I'm not sure how much bicarb I have oreo but I think once I mention it to DH we will suddenly have quite a lot!

Thank you for top tip about cat litter, I will get some for my new super cheap swing lid bin and as I no longer have children in nappies hopefully it will remain fragrant and last forever

I had the aame problem with a very similar bin, used for nappies...oh, the stink! Nothing worked. I put it outside our front wall one day and someone actually took it, deceived by its quality appearance [shook] But it's that sort of area!