maggots in my bin

Counting_Pennies_2

When the bin in emptied the majority will fall into the cart.

The rest I would suggest hosing it all down with your garden hose.

A wheelie bin clean is a good service to go with. I had one two years ago, they went out of business and haven't had a chance to sort a new one out.

Awaiting my annual maggot run any time soon!

shegar

21Twinkle wrote: »

Don't waste them - free protein - just add them to an omelette
Ask Bear Grills what he would do with them ....

!!!!!!:eek::eek:

googler

Scoop them out and give them to any coarse fishermen of your town .....

googler

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I empty my rubbish into the bin "loose" as otherwise I wouldn't have enough room in the bin ....

What annoys me more than the wheelie bin is the fact that our recycling has to go in an open green tub thing

I'm sorry, I don't see how bagging the rubbish as and when you put it out increases its volume......

Round here, we put our recycling box out the night before it gets collected, and take it back in afterwards. How long do you leave yours out in the open?

shegar

We have fortnightly collections here in bins..Its okay in the winter but summer its a different story,Idont normally put food in the bins because our hens have all left overs , but as for meat bones they go in the bin wrapped,,the bins dont seal properly and flies can enter, I do have the bins a round the back normally but when they start to sniff I put them out the front (we have large front garden ) so I can hide them ..Then after collection in goes the jeyes fluid..Job done.

dementedhousewife

Hi

flys are attracted to the smell and they lay the lurve on the insides of the bin.
What I do is pour really thick washing up liquid round
underneath the lid and on the edge of the bin . Flys can't land
or lay eggs then so no maggots will appear .
I do this and works you do have to keep putting more liquid on
every day or so but u can get it cheap at pound shop and it's
better than having maggots

Em x

50Twuncle

Your best bet is to petition your MP to try to get weekly bin collections restored (as seems to be happening in some parts of the country already)

ailuro2

I think we'd have no problem with fortnightly general waste, our bin is never anywhere near full up.

We use bin bags that are tied up before going out to the wheelie bin, so there is never anything for flies to get into.

I suggest you drain off the water from the main bin and just pour some raw bleach over it, then once it has been emptied give it a really good wash using an old brush to get to the bottom of the bin, then start using real bin bags with no holes in them.

morg_monster

Its so gross isn't it! We get a food waste collection collection every week so its not the fortnightly thing that's a problem for us. The food waste goes in compostable bags in the kitchen caddy and then they are tied up and put in the outdoor caddy, so they should be "sealed", but often a small hole might get poked through by a bone or even a crust of toast.

With this hot summer we came home from a weekend away in june to find maggots in the both the kitchen and outside caddy, EW!!!. We poured boiling water in the caddy, left it a bit, then poured as much liquid away as we could, then dumped the remaining contents in a black bag, tied tightly, then in another bag, then in the usual rubbish bin.

After this we bucked up our ideas and ensured that both caddies are always closed, and have been much better about throwing food waste in the caddy immediately and not leaving it out in the kitchen even for an hour. We have also been keeping a lock'n'lock box in the fridge for any meat waste as that's what really attracts flies, then each week we dump it in the caddy the night before bin day.

However, a few weeks ago we found them again in the outside caddy- I have now realised the cause - although we keep the caddy closed and "locked" at all times, the flies can lay eggs around the edge of the bin. Then although its closed, its obviously not airtight, and I have seen the tiny teeny eggs / maggots wiggling about and going down the inner walls of the caddy, presumably they can smell something. Now I know the cause, every evening I go out and spray something around the edge of the bin to kill any new fly eggs. By something... usually its mr muscle but can be bleach or any cleaning fluid that comes to hand! That kills the eggs and they can't migrate into the bin.

Just something to watch out for - even with the caddy kept locked you can still get maggots in there.