Can't clean dishes/potty cause of missing trash can (there is one)

This bug seems to happen at random, but frequently. Basically, when I go to click on a dish for my Sim to clean it won't give the clean up option and will only give the throw away one, but the throw away option won't be available because there is supposedly no trash can despite this not being true. I can still drag the plate to the sink or trash can. I have found that it goes back to normal after my Sim has done another action instead, but it is still annoying.