On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 9:56:57 PM UTC-6, 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.

You are required to have a composter but refuse to buy one. THERE IS THE PROBLEM...you refuse to play by the rules. And...that "someone else" as you describe the unknown person that inhabits your house, has no other alternative but to make the best of a bad situation.

I see composters for sale quite often...perhaps you might watch for such
a thing and BUY one.

This might solve your problem of home brewing of your waste.
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