Am I being over-senstive or is this quite disgusting?

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I had some leftovers from a beef stew - gravy, bits of mushroom and onion, etc. I wanted to dispose of it as the bin men were due so asked DH to take it out when he put the food bin out. He said he would just flush it down the loo!!! I have never, ever heard of anyone suggesting doing this before, and it seems quite disgusting to me. What do you think?

P.S. He did dispose of it properly in the end!

@WhineAndWine1 , I've not seen guidelines about vomit but isn't it part digested? The last time I was ill, i aimed at the crapper. It was one of those awful bugs and some missed.

Food waste here goes in the compost bin. The waste is mostly uncooked - egg shells, peel etc.
You're not meant to compost cooked food but I do. I live somewhere that doesn't have a food waste bin collection.

Saving random bits of gravy to have as soup (please never invite me to your house for dinner 🤢) and feeling like they have failed because they have food waste?
I don't like soup but I use up leftovers. Not precious about it.

Anything like this I add a bit of bread to so the gravy soaks up and put it out for the birds

Only the three Ps down the loo - pee, poo, paper. Everything else, including sanitary products should be binned.

Everything else, including sanitary products should be binned.
Absolutely. No to cotton wool, cotton buds, and wipes, even the biodegradable ones.

How would you dispose of old soup if it wasn't down the loo? This is quite normal.

@poshcrisps , it isn't normal, it's bad for the sewage and drains, and it is not advised.

Which part of 'Only flush pee, poo and paper' are you struggling with?

In the food waste, or if not the non-recycling bin with the general rubbish.

My parents used to do this, I think it was because they didn't have a lot of food waste so often didn't use the food waste bin. I have children so my food waste bin is constantly in use!

This. Sewerage companies are very clear in the message only human waste and loo paper should go down the loo.

Not sure why so many people just aren't aware of this.

When I was a child, this was how we disposed of used teabags and tea-leaves in our house. We emptied the teapot into the downstairs loo. It was only when I went to friends' houses and saw their parents putting teabags in the bin like normal people that I realised my family was a bit weird.

As a few PPs have said - the very occasional disposal down the loo of something that's mostly liquid, like gravy or sauce, is probably OK, although I don't really see why you wouldn't just put them in the bin. But food waste in general isn't something the sewer system is designed to cope with - food that's already digested/half-digested has already been broken down and chemically altered, so half the work has already been done when it reaches the sewage treatment process. If you keep flushing solid food down the bog, the undigested fats and proteins are going to cause an issue. It's a lot harder for the sewage system to break down a lump uneaten meat than a lump of shit, essentially, and any undigested fat is very bad news for sewers for obvious reasons.

By putting it in the bin. The bin won't dissolve if you put liquid in it, you know.

I would have put in it in the food waste but not fussed about it going in the loo.

Pour through sieve into kitchen sink. Rinse liquid away. Tip solid bits from sieve into wherever you put food waste.

It’s a really bad idea to blur the boundaries between what goes into the sewers — what the sewer system can safely handle — and other waste destinations.

A lot of people put a lot of fat down their sinks.you are not supposed to put cooked food in the compost bin!

The local water company came to our school to lead an assembly, they said only 3 things should be flushed down the loo; poo, pee and paper (loo roll) anything else contributes to blockages and fat bergs.

I also find it repulsive, when we have soup thats gone bad, I have to get my husband to do this whilst im nowhere to be seen! Don't know why, but i find it extremely gross! 😂

Disgusting

Even sieving doesn't help the effluent plant deal with the organic matter before it is sent back as water for us to drink.

I'd put it down the toilet too, also do this with bowls of leftover cereal.

I often chuck food leftovers down the loo depending on what they are as we have a septic tank.
Uncooked salad veg goes on the compost heap.

My gran used to do this with soup. I never could quite fathom why.

www.lanesdrainageservices.co.uk/news-and-advice/what-you-can-and-cant-put-down-the-drain

It's the best idea to flush, small amounts of food, as it makes the bin smell. Can't see a problem with it and it's certainly not disgusting.

@Spleen you should not flush any food down the toilet.

Can't see a problem with it Look it up. You should only flush PEE, POO and PAPER
Only flush poo, pee and paper | Water UK

it makes the bin smell What stinks is your selfish attitude.

In the UK 280000 drain and seweage systems have to be unblocked a year due to non 3 Ps being flushed into them at a cost of 100 million a year. You can add another average 150k spent by every local authority on treating for rats coming from the sewerage systems (20 million a year) and add costs for private rat treatment and that's what food waste being flushed costs us. So your little bit of food might be convenient for you to flush but when thousands or millions do it it costs 120 million a year to sort out their laziness, which is what it is.