An Educational Journey

Materials Needed:

• Bowl or Glass
• White Vinegar

How to Clean the Inside of the Dishwasher

1. Empty the dishwasher.
2. Fill the bowl with the white vinegar.
3. Place it on the top rack of the dishwasher.
4. Run the dishwasher.

Materials Needed

• Trash can liners
• Bleach or other disinfectant cleaner
• Dishwashing Detergent
• Stiff brush
• Micro Sponge

How to Clean and Sanitize A Trash Can

Step 1: Remove everything (including any extra plastic liners store in the bottom) from the trash can.

Step 2: Rinse out your trash can with water, either in the bathtub, sink, or outside with a garden hose. If you are doing this indoors, dump the dirty water into the toilet, rather than the bathtub.

Step 3: Squirt a bit of dishwashing detergent into each can, then fill the bottoms with a few inches of water. Add a couple tablespoons of bleach and let the can soak for 5 to 15 minutes, and then dump out the soaking water.  Make sure you allow the solution the time it needs to disinfect the garbage cans by not dumping the solution before the five minutes are up.

Step 4: Scrub any areas that still need it with a damp Micro Sponge . You may need to use a stiff brush to scrub any gunk out of the trash cans, and to get into the corners of the can to make sure it all gets clean.

Step 5: Rinse the can thoroughly, and turn upside it down to drip dry. Make sure that you let the trash can dry completely then place a dozen new trash can liners in the bottom of the can and line the trash can with a new liner.