Just a single bag of trash containing common household items like tissues, napkins, diapers, eggs, raw meat, spoiled milk, and rotting produce can infect your trash bins with harmful bacteria and germs like E coli, Listeria, Salmonella, and more. Believe it or not, it only takes a few hours for this bacteria to multiply by the thousands. And it only takes one single touch for you or your family to potentially become infected.