Brown Bin very very smelly - Advice appreciated!

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The last time my brown bin got emptied it turned as smelly as a farmyard (for some reason - really, it smelled like a farmyard). In fact you could smell the "farmyard" smell as soon as you walked in the front gate (we keep the bins in the - north facing - front garden).

I suspect I did wait too long to get it emptied (aka kept forgetting to put it out) and that has undoubtedly contributed to the problem. Although I did wash it out as best I could it's not as if it's "like new", although it is at least safe to enter the front garden without a facemask now.

However I'm now afraid to put anything into it for fear of starting the problem again. Does anybody have any advice?
 
I wrap any cooked food items in newspapers before putting them in the bin. I find that these are the worst for stinking the bin out. Keep citrus fruit peelings. I put these loose into the bin, and they seem to prevent that dreadful smell. Meantime, I suggest washing out your bin with warm water and biological washing powder. That will get rid of the smell. Also, I have a six inch long 'sausage' shaped parcel of about a cupful of biological washing powder wrapped in tissue paper firmly taped to the inside of my bin lid. This combined with the orange, lemon, grapefruit, and lime peelings keeps the bin fresh. I change the 'sausage' of detergent twice a year, and it seems to help greatly. I remember to change it by doing it when the clocks change!. I'd forget otherwise.

Sorry I can't come up with any easier solutions. Hope this helps.

Darth.
 
Use paper bags for the rubbish initially. Paper bags are compostable. This will stop the flies as well.

Post crossed.
 
I had a nice batch of lovely wriggly maggots last yr. Even tho I thought I wrapped everything they would like in layers of paper...ugh, disgusting. I washed it out with bleach and boiling water. Can you buy bio-degradable bags? I;ve not seen them in the Supermarket.
 
Thanks DrM I'll have a look-see. I think there is still Jeyes fluid sustanon, but I prefer bleach.
 
I sprinkle a light layer of freshly cut grass in the compost bin once a week during the summer and I find it reduces the smell and the flies.
 
Hi,

I wrap everything in newspaper first and then it gets put into compostable bags. I got mine in Superquinn.
 
Thank you all for the replies. Will give it another scrub out with bleach this time (they're so hard to clean! Have not been able to bribe a small child to climb in and and do the job so have been making do with a yard brush). Then I think it will be compostable bin-bags all the way - I've already been wrapping stuff in newspaper, but it doesn't seem to be doing the job. And I love the washing-powder sausage idea, will definitely have a go at that too.

Thanks again everybody :)
 
Make sure the detergent's Bio. Works best for the smell!!!.

By the way, placing the bin on it's side and blasting the inside with a hose will clean it well.

Hope this helps.

Darth.
 
I find the biodegradable food waste bags biodegrade too quickly! And the flies get in again.... And had horrible maggots looking at me, too. I have since started putting waste food (in the degradable bags) into the freezer and only throw it into the bin the day before collection day.
For cleaning the bin I would recommend soda crystals. can be bought in dunnes in the aisle with the washing powders.
 
DrMoriarty said:
They're a shocking price in Tesco and Dunnes. I get them from an [broken link removed].
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Hey DrM, tried to buy these bags on ebay, but got a message they sell only in UK. I emailed seller to see if they will deliver south of de border, down Dublin way, heard nuthin so far. Were you able to get em sent South?
 
Has anyone else managed to source compostable bin liners at a good price? If you buy in bulk anywhere is there savings to be made?

Cheers
 
If you're with Thorntons, they replace the bin liner every time they empty the brown bin.
 
horusd said:
Hey DrM, tried to buy these bags on ebay, but got a message they sell only in UK. I emailed seller to see if they will deliver south of de border, down Dublin way, heard nuthin so far. Were you able to get em sent South?
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Sorry for the delay, horusd, only saw this now. Yes, at the time I emailed and asked if they would post them "down South" if I covered the extra cost. I think I asked him to quote me for something like 6 rolls of 30 bags and it worked out at £12.50 including the postage (so just under 8c a bag; less than half the retail price in Tesco/Dunnes). After he'd given me the go-ahead, I simply clicked on one of his "buy it now" auctions and then manually adjusted the price upwards at the payment page, adding an explanatory note.
 
No worries Dr M. I emailed the seller a week or so ago, and got no response. I'll do a search for someone who'll sell em in the south/to the south. The binbag business is obviously booming if ye can turn yer nose up at new orders!
 
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