Many homeowners rely on a professional cleaning company. But there are lots of ways to keep your home clean and fresh between visits.

Keeping the garbage can and compost container germ-free is one of those chores you need to consider. It's one thing to take the garbage or compost out to get rid of smells, but the container itself needs to be disinfected regularly because bacteria and germs are likely lurking!

MOLLY MAID recommends wiping down your garbage can and compost container with a natural disinfectant, like rubbing alcohol.

How to do it:

1. Pour some rubbing alcohol onto a microfibre cloth
2. Wipe down your garbage can and compost container - inside and out.

Do this at least once a week to help get rid of germs and to control the smells that garbage and compost can sometimes leave behind.

Keep an eye out for more great cleaning tips to help stop the spread of germs in your kitchen.

When you think about it, you are constantly touching things and picking up germs, and those germs are then transported to anything else you touch. For a lot of people, their smart phone and other electronic devices are used on a daily basis, and cleaning these devices should be a part of your regular house cleaning checklist.

Smart phones, computer keyboards, remote controls, telephones, and other electronic devices are a haven for germs. MOLLY MAID recommends wiping them with rubbing alcohol as an easy and effective way to disinfect them. Rubbing alcohol is a natural disinfectant found in most homes.

How to do it:

1. Dab some rubbing alcohol onto a microfibre cloth - do not directly pour rubbing alcohol on any electronic device
2. Carefully wipe down the device.

Be sure to do this regularly. Rubbing alcohol won't damage the electronic device when used this way - and it will get rid of germs that accumulate on these devices that are used daily.