Keeping the outside bin clean

[Baryonyx]

Afternoon all,


I've been fiddling around outside in the garden today and I've noticed that the outside bin fking stinks when you lift the lid off it. It's a hatched lid type green bin, collected fortnightly by the council. Due to this rather lax waste collection regime, I try to keep on top of bin maintenance, especially during the summer.

I've been using a spray called Bin Buddy:



I've had some decent results with this stuff, but on inspecting the bin today I noticed that a vile grume has appeared in the bottom of the bin. It looks as though waste from the bags that go in has possibly mixed with some rain water or condensation (though the bin is pretty much sealed with the lid down) and soaked into some magazines my wife has carelessly thrown in there. With the bin emptied today, I could see what the problem is. I've dumped the rest of a bottle of Bin Buddy into the bin today and plan on a second attack tomorrow. I'm going to have to reach in, get the vile ste out of the bottom and bag it up so I goes out on the next collection (it appears to have stuck to the bottom today). Usually, we're very careful about making sure that everything that goes in the bin is wrapped and bagged so it won't settle at the bottom.


Is there any better product than Bin Buddy for keeping the thing clean? I don't have a tap I can connect to a hosepipe, so I can't easily wash it out though I plan on swilling it with a bucket of bleach and water tomorrow. Even between empties, the bin can whiff a bit with the lid off (I suppose this is unavoidable on a two week collection cycle). Is there some sort of extra strength product I could try in the meantime?

[Baryonyx]

I usually use the squirty bottle to coat the insides of the bin and stop anything growing/stinking there. In this case, it's going to be a strong bleach and rubber gloves job to bag up the slop from the bottom. In future though, I'd like something a little more industrial for keeping it clean.