Am I being over-senstive or is this quite disgusting?

By putting it in the bin. The bin won't dissolve if you put liquid in it, you know.

When I was a child, this was how we disposed of used teabags and tea-leaves in our house. We emptied the teapot into the downstairs loo. It was only when I went to friends' houses and saw their parents putting teabags in the bin like normal people that I realised my family was a bit weird.

As a few PPs have said - the very occasional disposal down the loo of something that's mostly liquid, like gravy or sauce, is probably OK, although I don't really see why you wouldn't just put them in the bin. But food waste in general isn't something the sewer system is designed to cope with - food that's already digested/half-digested has already been broken down and chemically altered, so half the work has already been done when it reaches the sewage treatment process. If you keep flushing solid food down the bog, the undigested fats and proteins are going to cause an issue. It's a lot harder for the sewage system to break down a lump uneaten meat than a lump of shit, essentially, and any undigested fat is very bad news for sewers for obvious reasons.

This. Sewerage companies are very clear in the message only human waste and loo paper should go down the loo.

Not sure why so many people just aren't aware of this.

My parents used to do this, I think it was because they didn't have a lot of food waste so often didn't use the food waste bin. I have children so my food waste bin is constantly in use!

In the food waste, or if not the non-recycling bin with the general rubbish.

@poshcrisps , it isn't normal, it's bad for the sewage and drains, and it is not advised.

Which part of 'Only flush pee, poo and paper' are you struggling with?

How would you dispose of old soup if it wasn't down the loo? This is quite normal.

Everything else, including sanitary products should be binned.
Absolutely. No to cotton wool, cotton buds, and wipes, even the biodegradable ones.

Only the three Ps down the loo - pee, poo, paper. Everything else, including sanitary products should be binned.

Anything like this I add a bit of bread to so the gravy soaks up and put it out for the birds

@WhineAndWine1 , I've not seen guidelines about vomit but isn't it part digested? The last time I was ill, i aimed at the crapper. It was one of those awful bugs and some missed.

Food waste here goes in the compost bin. The waste is mostly uncooked - egg shells, peel etc.
You're not meant to compost cooked food but I do. I live somewhere that doesn't have a food waste bin collection.

Saving random bits of gravy to have as soup (please never invite me to your house for dinner 🤢) and feeling like they have failed because they have food waste?
I don't like soup but I use up leftovers. Not precious about it.

I do this

I put liquid food waste in the non-recyclable waste bin, if it's unusable and there is no food-waste collection in place. As long as it's not an empty bin bag, you end up with wet rubbish instead of dry rubbish. Never down the toilet - undigested food can contribute to fatbergs, rats and incomplete decomposition.

Just let them run wild. Your neighbours will admire the goat's ability to climb on their car and eat their flowers, chicken shit all over their drive isn't really a problem and they will thank you for not having to set their alarm because your dog wakes them up at 6am every morning barking. It's a win win situation.

@GoodQueenBessso what about people throwing up? It’s a lot thicker than that.

Honestly people are so precious. Saving random bits of gravy to have as soup (please never invite me to your house for dinner 🤢) and feeling like they have failed because they have food waste???? Really

There's no logical reason for it not to go down the loo, chucking old gravy down the loo is perfectly fine. It's just not what people are used to.

@ClareBlue and if you don’t have a small holding to accommodate the pets, they’ll just have to be a bit squashed up on the balcony!

To those saying 'never down the loo, I pour it down the sink', What's the difference? I thought both ended up in the same place

There's a simple solution that avoids the risk to the sewerage system. Buy a cat and a dog to eat left over meat and fish, a goat (two for company) for any veg or fruit peelings or bread or rice, a chicken for cooked food waste (not really permitted but who will know), rabbit for lettuce and nut waste, (goats don't like lettuce).
Sorted, at no risk to any system and no disgusting acts of bringing a food dish near a toilet.
Sometimes the simple solutions are the best.😁

Yes, I regularly do this for things such as soup. Thinking about it, my mother used to do it, so I guess that’s where I got it from.

Unbelievably disgusting!

Our local authority refuses to collect food waste because it can't charge us for our green bins if we put food waste in, so we have three compost bins going and when they're full we have to use the grey bin.

@ResusciAnnie , the sewage system is designed for treating pee, poo and paper. bits of onion and meat will not break own quickly. They'll encourage rats and create fatbergs.

Food bin contents go to an anaerobic digester, which can break them down.

Putting random stuff down the loo may block the drains, if everyone treats the loo like a bin. There was a really disgusting programme about the state of the sewers the other day a lot of it caused by people putting all sorts down the loo. The guy was saying the three Ps go in there, pee, poo and toilet paper, nothing else.

Can you elaborate as to why food going down the loo is more disgusting than poo going down the loo? Interesting perspective…

IMO food bins are way more disgusting than a loo! Rank, stink, horrible bin juice, flies 🤢🤢