Another aspect of the trash can problem could be the foul odor. Researchers have found that odor-causing bacteria thrive in the kitchen sink and drain, in a report published in the journal WebMD .

You could possibly come out ahead on the environment scale over time by using your Petal to stop purchasing plastic garbage bags (the bin has a handle, and I’ve yet to need to clean mine) and ...

The other day I bent my neighbor's ear about the metal garbage-can composter that I described in last week's column. While he agreed that the unit would be rat-proof initially, he questioned how ...