Grottiest ever cleaning jobs – solved!

Find out how to tackle those nasty cleaning jobs with housetohome's cleaning guide

How to clean your rubbish bin

Ever walk into the kitchen only to smell bin odours? Emptying the rubbish won’t combat whiffy bins alone, you’ll need to wash it out regularly, too.

The traditional remedy

A simple rinse with warm soapy water should do the trick, the more regularly you do it the less grotty the job.

Buy it in a bottle

The Garbage Pal (£4.40) sticks to the bin lid and will mask nasty rubbish odours – but unfortunately you’ll still need to wash out the bin occasionally!