Divide Your Waste

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  Approximately 60 percent of what the average person throws away could be recycled.Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images
  
  Put your recyclables -- paper products, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and nonbiodegradable waste -- into one bin.
  
  
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  A compost bin can turn food waste into fertilizer.Martin Poole/Digital Vision/Getty Images
  
  Discard kitchen waste, leftover food and other biodegradable waste in one bin. Turn the food into compost, which can then be used as fertilizer.
  
  
• 3). Place the nonrecyclable waste or that which cannot be composted in a third bin.
  
  

Clean and Deodorize the Bins After Each Use

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  Trash bins need to be rinsed regularly.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  Rinse out the trash container at the side of the road using a hose. Fill the bin with 6 inches of water.
  
  
• 2). Add equal parts of vinegar and lemon juice (2 cups each) into the bin. Let the solution settle for 30 minutes.
  
  
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  From the floors to the garbage bins.Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images
  
  Mop the solution about the trash bin.
  
  
• 4). Throw out the solution, and hose down the container. Allow it to dry.
  
  
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  Vanilla bark.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  Throw in vanilla extract coated cotton balls into the trash container or use pulverized charcoal. Allow the materials to remain there overnight.