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Cleaning and pests

Cleaning, odor, fruit flies, house flies, roaches, and mice.

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How to clean a trash can

Clean first, disinfect if needed.

A closed trash can beside an open kitchen window

Why trash cans smell, and what helps

Scraps, leaks, and lids.

A covered fruit bowl and closed scrap caddy on a counter

Fruit flies in the kitchen

Find where they breed.

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House flies and maggots in the trash

Tight lids, dry cans.

A closed trash can in a clean, uncluttered kitchen

Roaches, mice, and kitchen trash

Starve, dry, and seal.

Start with cleaning a can

Clean first, disinfect if needed.

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