# Keeping outside garbage cans clean? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 14, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497 "2011-08-14T22:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/1 "2011-08-14T22:29:23Z")
What is the secret? Last month I douched it out real well with some cleaner and a deck brush and it lasted a week or so but it stinks again. This time with flies/etc. Garbage gets taken out every week. Hose out after each garbage day? what about the stuff that gets thrown out mid week? probably cause: this one kid that lives here has a bad habit of buying meat then having to throw it out bc it goes bad. I am thinking of telling him to put it in the freezer till sunday night, but that’s not really possible for everything that might get funky in 5 days time. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/2 "2011-08-14T22:41:37Z")
I always throw chicken leftovers,meat, whatever into a seperate sealed bag… otherwise it stinks like shit. a garbage can is a garbage can, not much you can do about it lol ---
**Author:** ![00zx6r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/00zx6r/32/7244_2.png) [@00zx6r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/00zx6r)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/3 "2011-08-16T10:04:12Z")
febreeze it ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/4 "2011-08-16T10:19:52Z")
why doesnt meat-goes-bad kid put the meat in the freezer when he BUYS it and thaw for use as needed instead of being so wasteful of perfectly good food? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/5 "2011-08-16T10:29:15Z")
I gave up on keeping mine clean during that heat wave. I’d just rinse it out with a little soap each week to wash the maggots out. Hasn’t been bad since the heat finally let up. ---
**Author:** ![SHOtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SHOtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHOtime)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/6 "2011-08-16T10:43:51Z")
I only seem to have to wash mine out once a season. Mine are Buffalo cans with the lid always closed and stored in the shade. It’s garbage from 2 apartments and never seems to smell. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/7 "2011-08-16T10:52:09Z")
put it in your neighbors ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/8 "2011-08-16T11:00:05Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > why doesnt meat-goes-bad kid put the meat in the freezer when he BUYS it and thaw for use as needed instead of being so wasteful of perfectly good food? Dude, I have turned this kid around a lot in the past 2 months. You can actually see the floor in his room. One step at a time. He buys a lot of stuff that just gets thrown out. In fact, today I threw out 3/4 loaf of bread and a brand new bag of potatoes because they just sat there unused for 2+ weeks. He is a wreck ---
**Author:** ![donkeyballs69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donkeyballs69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/donkeyballs69)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/9 "2011-08-16T11:20:39Z")
Bleach or clorox will make it smell better and kill any bacteria/bugs/maggots… Take a couple lemons and cut them in half then squeeze the juice in the can for lemon freshness haha 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/10 "2011-08-16T11:46:54Z")
Maggots. Ugh. I put some gas in mine and sealed the lid. Opened it the next morning to see the carnage and have a nice whiff of 87 octane 😛 ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/11 "2011-08-16T12:11:49Z")
yea, I feel like such a scum bag having maggots in the garbage car. gas is a good idea. lol. When I cleaned it the first time it smelled nice for a week or so. you could smell the lemony freshness when you walked in the door. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keeping-outside-garbage-cans-clean/215497/12 "2011-08-16T12:51:35Z")
We clean ours out every once in a while, my wife does actually. Don’t put things right in the can either that is sure to get you yelled at, I mean, make your can smell.