SOS there’s maggots in my bin! What the f do I do??

[Isitweekendyet]

Just taken the bins out for the first time after the weekend after being out most of the week and we have maggot EVERYWHERE.

Bin day isn’t until a week on Tuesday it’s bastarding recycling this week and we didn’t take the bins out this week because they were barely full —stupid us won’t be doing that again— can I buy something to spray on them/pour in the bin to kill them?

Or will I have to buy a fire blower and torch the entire thing before the reach the house 😂

I hosed and then bought some bin buddy

I've heard bin men won't take bins that have maggots, is that true?

Bin men call maggots 'disco rice'

Fly spray is your friend here - I speak from experience.

Disco rice

Get them out quick before they turn into a cloud of blue bottles...

Not sure about the council I'm in now, but my old one wouldn't take the compostable/biodegradable bags with food waste. They insisted food waste be loose in the brown bin.
After the great maggot incident of 09 I never recycled food waste again.

I was thinking of starting a compost pile but worried about causing maggots.

Is it just certain types of food waste that can go on a compost heap?

Can you still buy powdered soap in the UK? Like Vim? I buy it here in the dollar shop and sprinkle it over maggots and it kills them instantly.

If you do pour boiling water on cover your nose, they smell vile boiled

We have a bin cleaner, liner in the bin and don't put any food in the bin and the fuckers still lay eggs on the bag

You cant put food in the compost bin you need a green cone for that

Is it entirely inappropriate to hand scalding kettle to a three year old and give him the responsibility. He’s had a free ride until now, think it’s time he earns his keep! Of course it’s inappropriate! Your average three year old is much shorter than your average wheely bin. He’d never reach. You’d need to make sure you got the stepladders out for him before handing him the kettle. I don’t think you’ve thought this through OP!

I had to shut the lid yesterday cause of torrential rain, opened it this morning - fecking baby maggots 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Left it open all day & this afternoon they’re all gone. Didn’t see what ate them but I don’t care as long as they’re gone

If you still have maggots in the morning, just open the bin if it's going to be a dry day.
Hopefully the heat will kill them, or they will be eaten. (Repeat this until your bin is collected.)
After your bin is emptied, wash your bin out and let the water go into the grass. If there's any maggots still alive, the birds will dispose of them for you. Leave the bin upside down to drain, and then leave the lid up so it dries inside. (If it is going to rain, prop the lid up on something a bit so it will still air.)

Rinse out all your packaging and don't put food waste in the bin. You won't get them any more.

Spray the bin with any cleaning agent. Cilit Bang? Then of course you've got to wash the whole mess down the loo.

I just can't imagine birds divebombing into the bins!

! I left my bin open yesterday and today - NO MAGGOTS.

Thank you to the poster with the birdie tip

As of yesterday afternoon all maggots have gone!

We’ve left the lid open virtually all week and we keep spraying them with raid so just have to carry on until bin day!

Thank you everyone!

Don't leave the lid open and spray with raid, one or the other, otherwise the poor birds are eating poison.

Fuckwit exH shut the brown bin yesterday for reasons only he would know and I didn’t notice till an hour ago - even in that 24 hours there are already hundreds some birds will be well fed tonight now the lid is back open