[Parker]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

As I was laboriously cleaning my house today, attempting to keep things spic & span with 5 cats, and a dog, in rainy Oregon, it occurred to me that I needed to clean the kitchen trash bin. I hate a dirty bin, and I hate cleaning them even more, primarily because I do not like cleaning all of the little tiny crevices in the spring action lid.

Suddenly, I had an idea, the dishwasher was empty! I had a moment of guilt, because I do not like to run a dishwasher when it is not full, so I went and gathered another couple of bin lids, and a plastic dustpan. After running the dishwasher on the short cycle, without the dryer, my lids and dustpan were absolutely spotless.

I do this all the time

I have so many little trashcans - a trash can in the bedroom, a trash can and recycling can in the bathroom, and a trash can and recycling can in the office - plus a larger trash can and recycling can in the kitchen with the addition of a small kitchen/food/compost recycling can .... man, that's a lot of cans!

So I started putting them into the dishwasher a while back because I didnt want to wash them all by hand and taking them outside to clean them seemed counter productive.

Nice thread idea - it should be fun to see what other tricks and tips people come up with.