Do people dislike having a food waste bin collected separately

[WillowTit]

do you dislike your food waste bin?
my colleagues dont like it
all sorts of complaints

the bin lorry will smell is one example

Yes, it’s all very well to compost veg peelings, if you’ve got a garden, or not a tiny one like ours. Many don’t.

We’ve had the food waste bins for years now, a larger one for the collections, a smaller kitchen caddy, both with lids. We’ve never had the slightest problem with them. We do have to buy the biodegradable liners, which aren’t exactly megaquids, and a roll of those lasts for quite a while.

We have had for many many years, have a small caddy in kitchen either caddy bag which gets tied up and out outside in bigger caddy. Never had a problem ever, apart from I am the only one that we empties the kitchen one. Ours is collected weekly.

Haven't got them here yet but another bin in the kitchen will be pain as already have big main bin, recycling bin and compost bin. A food bin would sit there just for the odd bit of pasta, rice or chicken bones once a month as the house is mainly vegetarian.

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We’ve had it for well over 10yrs. Small bin lined with compostable bag, kept in cupboard under the sink, regularly tied up and put in bigger bin outside kitchen door. Put out with waste or recycling every week.

I live on the edge of open countryside - loads of foxes, never seen a food waste bin they’ve managed to open- the locking mechanism is simple and efficient.

But how is it spread by the use of a food recycling bin?

It’s fine , my bin no longer reeks in the summer .

I prefer it. I’ve never smelt anything.

It’ll be easier to clean in summer when the maggots make an appearance than the big bin, also collected weekly here but the general waste is every 2 weeks.

We have had this for more years than I can remember. It’s much nicer. Who wants food waste in the general waste bin? We empty the indoor food waste bin into the out door food waste bin as soon as the bag looks 1/2 full. The caddy seals closed with the handle and there isn’t any smell at all.

I was excited to get mine although the indoor caddy is bigger than I thought it would be. We drink a lot of tea so it's mainly tea bags. It doesn't pong and if it did, I'd empty into the outdoor one. Foxes have not shown an interest.

I love not emptying my kitchen bin as much and it smelling less bad.

Two problems.

The handle on the indoor one is a pain to lock and unlock and you can't do it one handed. I'll live.

I seem to be the only person in the household who bothers. It seems the others require further training...

If the food waste is collected separately is it composted and offered back to residents free of charge?

I didn’t mean to imply I’m right and people who don’t compost their peelings are wrong, I’m sorry it came across as sanctimonious. The point I really wanted to make is that universally giving every household two new food waste bins, one for the kitchen and one for outside, is a waste of money. For what they’ll be collecting from someone like me, I’d have preferred to have the option to decline. It’s another half-assed government directive that all local authorities must treat food waste separately. Saving the planet, if that’s their aim, is a non-starter when global industries are surely the biggest polluters.

We have this too.
Wedging the food bin between other bins and putting a brick on the top helps. We have had to renew the bin once as foxes tried to gnaw into it.

I just don’t want waste anything in my kitchen. I don’t live in a flat and I’m perfectly able to put rubbish in the wheelie bins as I go.
Our council tried food waste years ago and it flopped badly and was abandoned. Going by local fb group comments there will be another load of caddies in land fill. Mine included.

If my 90yo DM with dementia can cope with separating out her food waste I am amazed how many posters on here and their neighbours who must be younger and more capable than her can’t cope.

It isn’t a case of not being able to. It’s a case of choosing not to.

I welcome it. We don't compost ourselves anymore due to both small garden and rodents. Glad its not going to landfill or being burnt.

@thinktoomuchtoooften what will you do if they refuse to take general waste if it has food in it?

It definitely is different

I waste very very little. They’d be hard pushed to find anything.

Our council has always offered free compost/soil improver that’s made from the contents of the green bin (which used to include food waste). Just need to get to a tip to pick it up

I wonder how some posters would cope in some countries where you have to put used toilet paper in the bin as the sewage pipes can’t cope with it. Putting a few carrot peelings in a bin is nothing compared to that!

Had separate food waste collections for about 10 years and I prefer it. I bought my own kitchen caddy as the council-issued ones were ugly. I started with those green compostable bags but they kept disintegrating, tried no bags (messy) and now use small plastic bags as our council allows this. I compost all fruit and veg peelings myself and always thought we wouldn’t need the food bin much but it turned out that we (family of 5) generate more food waste than I thought. Plate scrapings, mouldy bread products, meat fat, meat & fish bones, ready made products that have lain undiscovered at the back of the fridge, uneaten cat food etc. I take the bag to the outside caddy every 2-3 days. Meanwhile the main kitchen bin can now last 2 weeks as it’s just non-recyclable packaging and doesn’t smell.

A lot of people are very much “we don’t waste any food”, but neither do I! I do, however, have teabags, coffee grounds, apple cores, vegetable peelings, egg shells, bones, used frying oil etc.

My council have had separate food waste collections for many years and I find it very efficient. Along with our other recycling it means I only need to put out my “general” waste bin once a month.