Cleaning White Plastic Kitchen Trash Bin Lid

[Wade Garrett]

The lid of a white plastic kitchen trash bin keeps getting stained no matter how careful I am putting things in.

I’ve tried lots of cleaners but nothing really works. What’s your favorite stuff for getting stains out of plastic?

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[Ed P]

Once you get it clean, try waxing it with car wax. That may help future cleaning.

Last time we needed a new kitchen can I got stainless steel.

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Why do you want a lifelong chore cleaning your white (actually I see grey) garbage can lid?

Buy a black one for the kitchen. Move the existing one to your bedroom or living room.

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Problem is stains can bleed into the plastic and buffing with a mild abrasive might be only way to remove them. Coating with wax afterwards sounds like a good idea.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Stainless steel trash can.

[Thomas]

[micky]

Better than white or black, get one that is garbage color.

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Then don't bother with cleaning the stain off. Just rinse it. Eventually the inside and outside will equalize with the colour of the garbage.

[micky]

Now you're talking.

[Wade Garrett]

Thanks all. Looks pretty much like I'll live with the stains or buy another kind of trash bin :-)

[Sam E]

Have you consider that a brown or black one might have been better? White makes stains really easy to see.

[Joe T]

Camouflage. All you see is garbage :-)

[Mark Lloyd]

I choose dull black.