trash-can
Location is New Zealand, Christchurch, we have a green rubbish bin per household that takes organic rubbish, which is collected weekly.
In summer, flies always manage to get in and soon after maggots start to crawl out of it. I have been using fly spray every second day but I am wondering if there is a better way to prevent this explosion of flies and maggots?
One way I can think of is to:
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Your idea of a bungee cording the trash cans to the side of the house might be the easiest option. (Other than duct tape.) You could try a set of D-rings and concrete screws for that. Just make sure they'll be rust-resistant.
Dilute chlorine bleach and your garden hose (assuming an adjustable nozzle that can give you a focused spray). No scrubbing required.
You can't really prevent it from getting smelly, but keeping all the trash in plastic bags will help. I use 13-gallon drawstring bags in the main kitchen trashcan and plastic shopping bags in my others. Tie them off before dropping them in the trashcan.
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Relatively easy and cheap approach - which is used for the commercial compost bins where I work - is to have bin full of sawdust, and put a layer down before adding waste, and then cover each addition of waste.