On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:56:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I haven't really had this problem before. Not that I can recall anyway. As
>I have said before, we are required to compost food scraps now and I don't
>have a compost pile or need or want one so I put the scraps in the yard
>waste bin. But we are having a long stretch of unseasonable hot weather!
>
>I attempted to clean the bin out last week because the super wet grass
>clippings made it smell like a cow pasture. But today it smelled like
>liquor! Most of what was stuck to the bottom was lemon rinds/slices and
>other fruit/vegetable scraps. I've been making a lot of smoothies and lemon
>water. I also tossed out some candy that I bought for myself only to
>discover that I couldn't eat it and nobody else I know likes it. They're
>organic candies that are akin to gum drops. And while the candies
>themselves do not contain corn, they put cornstarch in the molds so that the
>candies will plop out easier. The candies are covered in sugar crystals.
>Could the sugary candy have been the culprit here?
>
>I should also add that while we are supposed to put the food in Biobags, I
>don't always do that. Reason being, wet foods will eat through a Biobag so
>quickly that I can't always get it out to the bin before I have a hole in
>the bag. So those wet lemon rinds and slices went right straight in there.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions? Trying to dump the remains of the bin out and
>washing it out are not working for me as someone else who lives here will
>just put the stuff right back in the bin and close the lid.

Add and mix some shredded newspaper or cardboard, dry leaves or other
dry material throughout all the wet stuff. Maybe buy a bag of lime and
throw a handful into the compost each time you throw a bucket of
scraps in there - that will help. I've no idea what 'biobags' are, or
whether they make my advice redundant or not. The basic problem is a
lack of aeration - all that wet food and grass cuttings can't
decompose due to lack of air flow and can't get rid of the moisture.