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Maggots in the food bin

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MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 16:27

Need urgent help please. I saw maggots in our food bin, collection tomorrow. I bet it was the chicken carcass. I sprayed fly spray on them which helped but I was being inpatient. I'm trying to drown them with boiling water. But how do I dispose the dead bodies? arrgggh, please help!

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MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 16:28

impatient, inpatient. But I could become inpatient if they don't die soon.

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longtermsinglemummy · 15/08/2016 16:28

Boiling water with bleach, down the drain.

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 16:31

Mine too, grim! I'm watering the bin with boiling water....nofucking way is it coming inside!

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 16:32

I'm going to bleach tomorrow then collect lots of evening standards and double wrap next week....

Knittedfrog · 15/08/2016 16:32

Wait until it's been emptied tomorrow then sling some boiling water and bleach round it and tip it down the nearest road drain.

PepsiPenguins · 15/08/2016 16:35

Happened to me the other week - was hideous

Bleach spray and boiling water was what I decided on, but when googling some brave people who had lots of bird wild life left the lid open and the local birds had a feast

I'm just glad I went out to move during daylight as it was horrific and they were actually on my handle

PepsiPenguins · 15/08/2016 16:35

Bin collection people removed the evidence dead bodies

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 16:40

I think I'm going to put mine out after dinner, I will at least be able to see any escapees.....

MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 16:40

Well I wasn't thinking, the food bin has old food waste along with floating dead bodies in pool of water. No sign of survivors but I'm gagging. I have one external drain which is right beside my front door. That could get even more messy and bring more shame publicly. My dog will have to wait for boiled chicken until winter season.

How about garden? I'm doing a project and don't mind killing the grass. Empty it in garden, more boiling water, then put some sand over them. Bag the sand and it goes in general waste? We have a different food caddy but I'm ready to commit the crime of mixing waste for the type of emergency. I won't be able to sleep tonight.

I do need to drain the water for the bin men to collect it though? I should have let them live another day for collection.

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celeste83 · 15/08/2016 17:03

I don't understand why you can't dispose of the dead maggots in the garden. Failing that flush them down the loo?

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:05

Because they. Have a weeks worth of. Food waste under them......

celeste83 · 15/08/2016 17:07

I'm sure the bin men will have no quarrels over maggots. Sure they deal with much worse things and deal with maggots all the time.

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:10

The bin men are stars its more the eek factor....

celeste83 · 15/08/2016 17:12

Are they dead yet Gowgirl?

MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 17:15

OK Thanks for all suggestions. I need to calm down first. I have a mix of water, food waste and maggots in the food bin and is more than I can emotionally muster to clean up. If I drain that in the garden, the dead maggots are going to be on the surface so was thinking how to clean that up.

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GinAndOnIt · 15/08/2016 17:15

I just left my bin full of maggots out and the bin men dealt with it, not a single one left. Surely everyone's is the same?

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:22

Just put mine on the front wall, there are no maggots on the outside, so unless someone opens it nosey bastards they will have no idea....

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:24

The food bins are grim in this heat ginandonit, could be worse.....food waste in the black bin and hanging around for a fortnight

MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 17:27

celeste83
clever idea, thanks. I have drained excess water down the loo. Will leave the bin out as is and give it a good clean tomorrow. Thankfully it was 20L caddy so could drain it indoors.

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MyEyesNeedBleeching · 15/08/2016 17:30

Crawling insects are the worst type.

Gowgirl I hope this doesn't stay long in my memory. I get nightmares afterwards seeing such stuff.

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RhubarbAndMustard · 15/08/2016 17:32

This is why I no longer use my food bin. Everything that can goes in our own compost bin, anything else unfortunately in a bin bag in the black bin.

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:33

It's every week at the minute, grab loads of standards and wrap it up really well......

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GinAndOnIt · 15/08/2016 17:33

Hang on, does your food bin get collected more regularly?! Ours is only collected once a fortnight!

Gowgirl · 15/08/2016 17:33

Collected weekly here....

GinAndOnIt · 15/08/2016 17:35

What kind of bin is it if you've put it on the wall, is it smaller? We have three wheely bins, one for rubbish, one for compost, one for recycling. Rubbish one week, recycling and compost the next...

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