Getting rid of waste - fat, waste meat etc

JustAnotherSaver

Sounds so simple, yet we don't have to deal with it our end, so am wondering what 'normal' people do with this.

Things such as fat when you're cooking & the bits of meat you don't cook - how do you dispose of them?

We don't want to put them in our bins as they'll stink & attract rats/mice etc. Luckily for us, we have access to & permission to use, nearby yard like bins. You know the sort: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/Crafty1289/6594395_fb3824c7e1.jpg Due to our location they're literally a 20 second walk from our front door, so we just chuck the waste in there which is far enough away from the house.

With us moving out soon (hopefully) we wont have the luxury. How do you dispose of this stuff without it stinking the place out?

loracan1

I just sling everything into the bin - in bags. Oil gets tipped into a bottle or can. Never knowingly had a problem with rats or mice and I keep the bin in the back street so no smells in the house.

Torry_Quine

It goes into the waste food caddy on our kitchen window-sill and when full that's emptied into our garden/food-waste bin which is collected fortnightly. If the grass hasn't been cut it can be four weeks or more before it's emptied. Never a problem with smells or rats, the lid is always closed so why would there be?

Gloomendoom

We have a bin specifically for food waste that is collected every week.

rustyboy21

I keep all the jars or coffee tins we use and then pour any fat/oil into them and then put them in our normal bin for collection.

Waste meat/bones etc, get bagged up and put in our normal bin separately from the bin bag

I get annoyed with some of my neighbours, who look like they don't care what they put down their drains. We have had drain cleaning co's out quite a few times in our road over the years, due to clgging up by them.

Hintza

Get a dog for waste meat and dogs or chickens will take care of virtually everything else. Fat in a jar or bottle as suggested.

If waste meat is a problem perhaps you need to change your shopping habits and/or use the freezer more efficiently.

HappyMJ

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Sounds so simple, yet we don't have to deal with it our end, so am wondering what 'normal' people do with this.

Things such as fat when you're cooking & the bits of meat you don't cook - how do you dispose of them?

We don't want to put them in our bins as they'll stink & attract rats/mice etc. Luckily for us, we have access to & permission to use, nearby yard like bins. You know the sort: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/Crafty1289/6594395_fb3824c7e1.jpg Due to our location they're literally a 20 second walk from our front door, so we just chuck the waste in there which is far enough away from the house.

With us moving out soon (hopefully) we wont have the luxury. How do you dispose of this stuff without it stinking the place out?

I use the bin....but then...I waste very little fat and meat. I'll render the fat off and put it in the fridge and use it later especially for pastries if I'm making a meat pie some time in the future. Rendered fat lasts forever...there is no best before date. It will not go off.

Clive_Woody

We use one of these...

http://www.greatgreensystems.com/green-johanna

Makes great compost for the vegetable bed.

-taff

Fat and oil go in jar. When the jar is full, it goes in the bin.

If you're not cooking all of the meat you've got, put it in the freezer? or don't buy so much

sillygoose

Fat gets poured into plastic pots and left to set (popped in the freezer if it needs help), then I just pop the lump out onto the bird table, soon disappears, same for solid fats, rinds, I just slice it into little chunks and put it for the birds.

christineperseus

Bird table - sometime put cubed bread into roasting tin to soak up fat.
Never have any left over meat?
Bones generally pressure cook for soup then into compost heap.........
quite often turn over a lamb shoulder bone in garden!