Trash can be a real source of bugs on a boat: ants, flies and cockroaches. We don't even want to think about the other critters - like mice - that might see your trash as an all you can eat buffet.

With ten years of living aboard a boat in the tropics and near-tropics, Carolyn Shearlock knows a few things about handling trash to keep the bugs away. Here, you can learn in minutes what it took her years to discover.

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