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?

Do you know that maggots will eat their way through the compostable food waste liners?? No, nor did I till last week

Oh my god I have maggotses too. oh my god.

The smell, it's like Satans pus.

We are having a problem with raccoons at the moment so DH went out and bought a couple of raccoon-proof bins and tie things to keep the lid down.

Woke up this morning to find the raccoon-proof bin pulled half way down the drive, with the lid wrenched off and half the drive covered in banana peel eating maggots. It was seriously gross.

Ours is too. Bin men took it this morning though.

I have bin inside full bin bag size then tue it up and into whEelie bin.doesnt look as if its possible to get flies inside there

"Do you know that maggots will eat their way through the compostable food waste liners??"

Maybe, but how do the flies get in to a sealed bag (to lay the eggs that become those maggots)?

I think flies are obviously attracted to the smell of rotten food and can squeeze through the tiniest space even if the lid is shut. Those bloody biodegradable bags often start to disintegrate well within 2 weeks so food is more exposed. The council's advice on the matter is insulting ... stuff about pressure washing the bin and a rather snide message on their website about how the fly eggs must have been laid while the waste was still in your kitchen FFS (funny how I very rarely see flies in my kitchen ) .... and make sure you keep your caddy closed - we do!! No mention of course of fortnightly collections . I've usually got a cast iron stomach but the stench of composing food and maggots literally had me throwing up when I had to tackle a maggot problem - which obviously helped the general ambience nhave o end. One thing I have noticed though is that they're less of a problem if the food waste is buried under garden waste like lawn cuttings and weeds ... maybe all the slugs and snails that invariably end up in there too eat the maggots ??!! But of all the poor services you get from the council this is one of them that makes me especially mad as it's such an unpleasant thing to inflict upon people and they must have had a fair inkling what would happen when it's hot. It must be worse for anyone elderly or disabled who can't physically tackle the issue .

Jeyes bin powder stops all the maggots, you can get it in tesco.

decomposing food obviously ...

Ant powder works a treat too! I sympathise we had this 2 weeks ago but nothing since ant powder was liberally 'puffed' into the bin

got that , didn't seem to make much odds but maybe I used it too late . Just put it into the clean bin so we'll see.

At least they're only in the outside bins...we returned from holiday one year to find our living room and hallway full of maggots...no idea to this day where they came from, as living room was at the far end of the house from the kitchen and we had no food or other waste anywhere nearby. Took days to get rid of them all, everytime we thought they'd gone we'd wake up to a few more of the buggers crawling all over the carpet. Was very nasty.

We have food waste collection every week and have "kitchen caddy" that you line with a biodegradable bag. I came downstairs last week to find maggots crawling all over the kitchen including work surfaces! Luckily dh dealt with it and I then bleached the entire kitchen. The caddy is now outside with a brick on the lid. But the lid has holes in so the flies just lay eggs on the outside they hatch and the tiny maggots drop through the holes. It's bloody disgusting and won't improve until the autumn.

I wonder is anyone is studying the effect of the introduction of food waste bins or fortnightly bin collections on fly population? But there's been a massive increase.

Hot water and bleach to clean the bin. Add an handful of moth balls to the bin. To prevent this in the future.

*Bet not but

I have tried bleaching the caddy and spraying the contents with bleach as I out stuff in but that just seems to encourage them to migrate! Bleurgh!

We have them too...we also have fortnightly bin collection, no food caddy or anything though from our council, is that meant to help or does that make it worse? It's been so hot...we just ate dinner with the door open and there were dozens of flies around us almost immediately once we started eating, I'm sure there are more than usual. I have lost count of the amount of catfood I've had to ditch because flies have come and laid eggs on it almost as soon as I've put it down

As an aside, according to Wikipedia the Latin name for a bluebottle is Vomitoria

I've done three boiling kettles but the black buzzy flies are still coming back for more.

BASTARDS.

I don't use the food caddy.
I basically don't want to.

Fruit etc goes to compost and the odd bit of actual food is in a plastic bag before going in a bin bag.

The flies get on the food before it even goes into the bag/caddy/bin, that's how it happens. Maggots are gross but they won't stop bins being collected.

Can you imagine how revolting it'll be if the collections go to every 3 weeks?

I clean my wheelie bins every time they are emptied (fortnightly collections here-one week general rubbish & the following week it's all recyclables)Food caddy emptied every week.
Now, despite my bins being very clean & no food waste in the general rubbish bin, we had maggots in the bottom of ours after bin day. I've got Jeyes fluid in my cupboard & have used it in the past-will be more vigilant in this weather.
I agree they are disgusting (but at least they're not in your house)

Definitely tip them out and pour boiling water over them, but no bleach. As a pp mentioned above, the birds will eat them and bleach would be very dangerous for them.

We get this regularly, drives me mad!

Maggots in wheelie bin here too.

That's once a fortnight bin collections for you.

I wait til they've been collected, then hose out with just water and leave open and on its side for the birds. I'd not bother with bleach or anything. It's only a bin.