One of the biggest nuisances about bins is the smells hat can often be produced.
Most of us will have come home one evening only to be greeted by the stench of rotting fish, meat of vegetation emanating from the kitchen.
But smells can be prevented and often there is usually a root cause why your kitchen or external bin is attracting flies and creating a stench: The Right Bin Often the problem causing smells is that the wrong bin is being used for the job.
When sourcing a bin it is important you think about the type of waste that is being disposed of.
Kitchen waste and other organic material is often what causes smells so you need to choose an appropriate kitchen bin that has been designed to hold this sort of waste.
External bins too are often a cause of smells and quite often it is because large amounts of kitchen and food waste are thrown away into the wrong type of external bin.
If you have catering business you need to ensure you choose one that is manufactured to be able to deal with large amounts of food waste.
The Lid One of the biggest causes of smells is a badly fitting lid.
The lid is incredibly important for external bins and kitchen bins, or any other type hat has to hold rotting waste.
The lid needs to fit well and remember, for external bins they need to be able to prevent vermin and pests from entering too.
Over full Another cause of smells is that the bin should have been emptied.
If it is too full it may prevent the lid from closing which will cause smells but also there may just be too much stuff in there for it to contain the gases escaping from them.
For external bins you also need to make sure the it can't be knocked over easily as if spilled it will cause smells and mess.
Bin Deodorisers Bin deodorisers are a good short term fix and useful if you are dealing with some really strong smelling waste.
These can mask a lot of smells and prevent the plastic of the rubbish receptacle from becoming tainted by the smells of the waste it normally holds.