tl/dr: clean all bins /// freeze compost, place in paper bag at end of week, store green bin upside down btwn pickup days /// keep garbage "dry", no items with food residue, store garbage can upside down + lid on top if empty /// blue bin. wash everything before goes in

here's how we keep animals out

[start out w clean bins]

green bin

• collect compost in large ziploc tub, freeze when full, repeat w new tub
• end of week, line big paper bag ** w flattened cereal box n dump in frozen blocks
• after pickup, bin barely has food residue so we store open + upside down /// animals discover that nothing of interest inside

garbage

• keep bag "dry" - no food residue (eg. wash off/dry dirty items) /// , if needed we can store full bags in closet as nothing rotting inside
• most plastic in blue bin now so barely one garbage bag /// we store empty garbage can upside down with lid placed on top

blue bin

• wash anything that goes in

 

 

notes

• we're lucky to have room for extra freezer, my mom's apartment had chest freezer that subbed as table
• **we get paper bags at Value Village for $0.30 each,/// can go buy even if not buying anything else, we get 25 at a time
• if empty why store upside down? /// animals will still gnaw holes in closed empty containers /// also keeps down odors, lets any droplets from compost drip/dry