ahhh maggotsssss!

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We have what can only be described as a maggot infestation in our wheelie bin. Ds has dirty nappies still and with this heat our outside bin is literally wriggling with them. I have no idea what to do. Bins get emptied in 3 days, will they even take it?
They are crawling out and dropping off the sides it's the most hideous thing ever. What do I do?

DP emptied the bin onto the patio then poured boiling hot water and bleach all over the fuckers. The birds then ate the dead maggots.

I am sure the bleach did the birds' inside a whole lot of good

We're having the same problem. Our bin is crawling. Vile.

Black fluid is like Jeyes but a lot, lot cheaper.

Going to brave it later one it's cooled down and see what it's like. If there aeebtvtoo many I might rebar and bleach, if it's crawling I won't be touching it until the bin men have been. Wish me luck!

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If there are too many* sorry!

My God sorry I was typing whilst doing something else that last bit was 're-bag it'

Happened last year, there was a tsunami of maggots coming out of the bins onto our drive one evening, it was vile. I poured boiling water until nothing wriggled anymore. By the morning they had shrunk to nothing much and by end of day they had disappeared, either eaten by birds or blown away. Absolutely gross. I called the council to complain.

I line my bin with a black bin bag but there were maggots in the fold of the bag around the lid. Now there wasnt any food waste there so whats the point of double bagging even though thats what I do. The flys just lay near the waste.

Thanks, I'm definately going to do the boiling water & bleach once the bin is empty, just have to perservere for now! Yuck!

We got this the other day, our black bin which is for general waste only gets taken every fortnight and last bin day the bin men were on strike which means it hadnt been emptied in a month, with a DD whose in nappies
The bin was crawling with them... Yuck!

We had this last year. I kept pouring Bin Buddy over them until they all died. I sprinkle a bit in everytime I use the bin now and so far they haven't come back. I hate the horrid things.

I have a friendly little spider who keeps rebuilding his web between my black and blue bin. He seems to have the fly problem under control so no maggots here right now.

Lift lid, hold nose, and spray insecticide in. Job done.

Spray the ones crawling out, the top of your bin and inside your bin with raid fly spray Try to get rid of the ones you have now. You will then need to disinfect with zoflora or something similar and hose away, after your bin has been emptied.

Hope we don't ever to go to 3 weekly collections. Mines full after 2 weeks.

This happened to me yesterday and it was bin day! Our neighbours are all quite elderly and judgemental so I lurked around until the binmen arrived so I could get the empty bin back to ours before the neighbours noticed. Felt awful as I watched it get emptied (ours are done by hand) so I slipped the binman £5. Made me feel a bit better. Hot water and a bottle of bleach sorted the little nuggets that were left.

We just use boiling water, no bleach - don't want to poison the birds.

We have two-weekly collections too, but haven't had maggots for years - everything that goes in is bagged, though.

We clean the bin out with boiling water and disinfectant after it has been emptied, seems to work ok.

Just had to blitz our food waste bins - indoors and out . Several kettles of water later and a bit of bleach.

My friend has switched to cloth nappies during this heatwave and she says her six month DD is sleeping better and she has eliminated the nappy disposal thing and the nappies dry very quickly in the sun.

Anyone else switched?

still can't get rid of the putrefying smell.

Oh god, you poor thing. Do you have DP/OH/a male friend who would do you a favour? Because maggots are one of my THINGS and if I encountered them in the bin it would be off to somewhere hundreds of miles away with DC until either they were sorted or the bin was destroyed with fire.

Our outside food waste bin is hopping with them at the moment, I can deal with most bugs etc but not maggots, they're gipping.

DP is no use, he's worse than I am...even picking up the dog's poo makes him retch/throw up so there's not a snowball's chance in hell of getting him to do it for me...once the bin's been taken on Tuesday I think I'll be dousing it in hot water and disinfectant to get rid of the bloody things

and the flies ...

Don't really understand how the flies get in to lay eggs.

If rubbish is bagged, the neck of the bag twisted (so that it's rope-like) and tied in a knot which completely seals it, then how do the flies get in (and how does the bin get soiled)?

I do this with bio-degradable 'plastic' bags and they stay sealed between bin uplift days.

It's a bin - they are maggots - or as DD called them "baby flies"

they are outside, so fair game for the birds. Why "fuss" so over wiggly creatures.