Why do you have to rinse and clean containers before recycling them? Aren there automated cleaning machines?
I asked the guy at the local recycling set up and he said it is to keep the ants down – both at home while it is sitting in the recycle bin – and to keep ants and rats and other crawly things off of their premises. I don’t know if he was pulling my leg or not – but in an off-beat sort of way – it makes sense. I certainly don’t have ants around my cans anymore once I starting rinsing out soda cans and beer bottles. Those two items seemed to attract the ants the most.
