New food bins

Many years ago our council was a trailblazer in introducing the food waste collections,then after a couple of years they stopped. Now they've had to go to the expense and trouble of reissuing every household with identical bins to the last time!

That's exactly what happened with the council I mentioned upthread, I did wonder for a moment if it's the same one, but don't think it can be as, having proudly announced this wonderful 'new' initiative, there’s still no sign of them actually delivering the 'groundbreaking' food-waste bins to households. I thought it was all mandated by central government but they seem able to drag their heels over it.

I don't have a dog, but where else would it go? The public bins here are for general waste and dog poo, there are signs on them. My cats poo goes in the waste bin, in poo bags.
There are a few dedicated dog poo bins but not many.

Yeah I’m really confused, the uproar in my city has been wild
what's the difference between a normal kitchen bin and a food caddy, or just take your food scraps straight outside. And they’re collecting it more often so bonus

Many years ago our council was a trailblazer in introducing the food waste collections,then after a couple of years they stopped. Now they've had to go to the expense and trouble of reissuing every household with identical bins to the last time!

I keep the small bin under the sink and the larger one in the garage.The lid on the larger one can be placed in a lock position which will hopefully make it a bit harder for critters to break into and lessen any risk of spillage if it gets knocked over on the pavement while awaiting collection. I put the bin out as late as I possible can on the night before and the lorry comes around really early.

I’m using mine but the cat thought the indoor one was a new food puzzle, like the ones I give him when I go out. He was very much “hold my beer, I got this”
now I have a different one…

Yes? I put the poo bags containing poo, into the black general waste bin on the day of collection as I described. ETA - I am usually adding in the last black sack from the kitchen on day of collection, so often it goes

• take black sack from kitchen
• take black sack outside
• add poo baggies containing poo
• tie black bin bag up
• add black bin bag to grey wheelie bin
• put wheelie bin on boundary

Where else would they go? Not suitable for recycling, food waste, or garden waste! They should go in thr general waste.

Same place parents put nappies? That's also fecal matter...

I don't have a car. I just take what will fit in my rucksack, as once I've emptied it of thin plastics I'll be filling it with shopping anyway.

But our council are rolling out thin plastics collections from June this year. So, as you say, it's one less thing to remember and take out with me. Other councils really should take note.

That's not allowed in all councils food recycling though - when it rolls out in my local one for example, it can only be food waste, no kitchen roll or tissues or packaging of any kind etc in with it, that must go in general waste instead.

This may have already been mentioned but a good tip (that i got off Mumsnet!) Is to put a piece of kitchen roll/newspaper at the bottom of the caddy bag. Absorbs all the moisture that the food scraps give out and means you don't get horrible caddy/bin juice.

@Cantbloodyrememberthenameonthread what’s disgusting?

Try emptying it into the outside food waste bin more frequently? Your old fashioned outside bin which you put food and general waste into will also have maggots in it, even if you have stuff bagged up in it.

We've had one for donkeys years! Don't see what the big drama is - would rather keep smelly food waste separate than in my regular bin tbh..

I already do, it’s another bag for the car boot!
If I didn’t have a car I wouldn’t be carrying on the bus!
Small electrical items should be also taken by local collection.

No I won’t. Disgusting. I’ve put it in the main bin to be thrown away.

Great that you have found a solution. I remember when they first came in there was some resistance but it’s just normal now. It also stops seagulls and foxes ripping the bags (although a badger recently got into my outside food caddy because I left the handle up!). Also, the compost it creates is cheaper than the stuff in the garden centre.

I take soft plastics to a local Tesco Metro. It might be worth researching whether any supermarkets near you collect them.

I was looking forward to getting new food waste collections then found out we live somewhere that's got a pass on introducing them until 2027 - pah!

Where should you put them? If the nearest dog poo bin is half a mile away and always full to the brim.
When we had a dog( no poo bins available) we walked her in local woods. We picked up but nobody does now or the local nature reserve or fell.

I can't wait for ours. We compost everything we can, so don't have much food waste, but anything that doesn't go in landfill is great.
Like someone up thread we put out a 1/3 to 1/2 full household waste bag (40l bin) every 2 weeks.
I recycle, I take soft plastic to the supermarket, I use boots recycle scheme for plastic that can't go in the recycling. We use our council tip for electrics, bulbs, batteries, wood, plastics, etc

Yes we have just started. I have a smaller one I bought in my kitchen as the one provided is to big. We can use bags so I do then to the big caddy. Hasn’t been an issue at all as it’s collected weekly

We used to have battery collection in the area we moved from last Autumn. We could put a bag of them on the lid of the household waste bin on collection day.

You’re putting dog poo in black bin bags!

I'm using the larger one to collect up all the use dog poo bags, before transferring them to my main black bin on collection day. (You Dont want loose bags of poo in big bin that get squashed by the larger sacks)

the smaller one I am using indoors countertop with some thin liners I already had for teabags, peelings etc. That does then go in the main bin though. When the little liners run out i may or may not continue. different Liners are just yet another thing to add to my increasing shopping list and I am trying so hard to be frugal.

using as intended would also give me another housework task to do - washing out more bins.

I'm using them in a way that works for me 🤷🏼‍♀️

They absolutely do here. They check everything and you get warning notices and fines if the wrong refuse is in the wrong bins. We’re always further along than everybody else and take part in pilot schemes . It will come.

No live in a block of flats. Don’t recycle everything goes in a black bag then out into the main communal bin.

Ours has never broken in several years, they’re very robust.