It is no wonder that the kitchen’s trash can is the most obvious harbor of germs and bacteria. The kitchen trash bags contain an unlimited number of germs, waiting to attack your system. All the tossed food and waste invite more bacteria to your kitchen and house.
It is, therefore, useful to specify a trash pickup schedule daily and make sure you change the trash bags accordingly.
Use disinfectants to spray the cans after cleaning them up o keep the germs and bacteria at bay. The lingering smell coming out from your garbage can is the alarming sign, signifying that bacteria are invited in.
#6 – The countertops
All types of countertops must be daily cleaned and wiped. This is logical, for kitchen countertops are used daily when cooking or baking. On top of this, when you go shopping for groceries and return home, the first spot that comes in contact with the tops is the bacteria-carrying grocery bags.
In fact, countertops are the first places we think of when we want to place our lunch boxes, backpacks, and the likes. So anything that comes in contact with the outside world, then placed on your countertop is full of germs.
Hence, before using your countertop when cooking any meal, make sure you disinfect it very well. Once you are done, clean it once again to get rid of any hidden bacteria that was stuck in the plates you used or the foods you cooked.
#7 – The microwave
Only few are lucky enough to get cheap microwaves on a microwave sale. If you are one of these lucky folks, then you’d better take good care of your microwave. If you are the kind of person who works for long hours during the day, you probably order food quite a lot instead of cooking at home.
This means that your microwave is used in a lot of food-heating, right? This also means that the food’s leftover particles remain hidden and stuck somewhere in your microwave.
These particles provide the perfect ground for germs and bacteria to breed. Thus, your kitchen cleaning routine should involve cleaning your microwave at least once a week.
#8 – The reusable bag
In an endeavor to reduce global waste production, we invite you to use recyclable and reusable bags during your daily life when going shopping for instance.
But whether you are using reusable shopping bags, reusable ziplock bags, reusable plastic bags or reusable grocery bags, all reusable bags harbor several types of germs and bacteria that come from the juices of foods (such as meat), turning over time into bacterial buildup.
It is preferable to use the kind of reusable bags which are washable. After each use, you can launder and disinfect the bags for the next, safe use.
We welcome all additional and helpful kitchen cleaning tips to be shared in the comments’ section below! Stay safe until we see you next time!
