New food bins

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Will you be using the new food caddies & bins? Sick to death of my kitchen & garden resembling the local recycling centre. I do recycle most stuff & have regular trips to the tip; but even then one local authority varies from the next one in their recycling policies, so it all seems a bit.futile

We’ve recently had one at work and ended up with ants in the kitchen everywhere so we have stopped using it

I just don’t want food scraps in my kitchen. I don’t want to collect them in a box. I want my worktops clear and clean. i also don’t want another bin.. I already have to store a variety. I have drawn the line and I will continue to wrap my minimal
waste and chuck it in the general waste.
It would be waaay better to just waste less

No, I wasn’t really thinking of compost, I’m more picturing people scraping their plates down the toilet.

What do you do with your food waste?

Really? Thanks I couldn't find an explanation online. I wouldn't have thought it's easy to separate but glad to hear it is. The compostable bags are expensive and so delicate they keep tearing. I definitely prefer using a more sturdy plastic bag.

Yuck! I don't doubt what you say is true, but I do find it surprising.

How would maggots underneath the bag get at the food? Was there a hole in the bag? Even then, flies would have to get in to lay eggs. Does your kitchen waste caddy have a well closing lid to keep them out?

Personally I didn't get on with the small kitchen caddy the council supplied. I use this small IKEA bin instead.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/hallbar-bin-with-lid-light-grey-90432194/

The lid fits well and the small size means it needs emptying every couple of days for us. This generally means there's nothing too malodorous in there.

Absolutely this.
everyone moans about new things. Once you get used to it - it's much easier

I’m just not doing it. Food waste won’t be languishing in my kitchen, it will be wrapped and binned. I don’t waste much and frankly if we need a system to manage food waste something is very wrong

Could it not be wrapped up binned in the outside food bin?

You can wrap it and put it into food waste bin outside @thinktoomuchtoooften

I’m still struggling to see where all these extra pests are coming from, flies, ants, maggots, rats. The level of food waste is the same it’s just in a different bin

@thinktoomuchtoooften what do you do with food waste currently if it isn't in your kitchen bin? That's where any food waste that wasn't compostable went for us before we had the food waste collection, and the general waste was only collected fortnightly. The new food waste is collected weekly, and we have an outside food waste bin, so when the small kitchen bin is full I just put it in the outside bin. Nothing's languishing in the kitchen any more than it was before, in fact less so.

Most of the food waste we generate is not wasted food, it's remains of things from cooking like egg shells, solid fat from cooking meat, peelings, teabags, coffee grounds, and so on.

You will be fined.

It’s about doing the best thing for the environment. Composting food is good for the environment because it reduces landfill waste—preventing the release of harmful methane gas—and converts waste into nutrient-rich soil fertilizer. It boosts biodiversity, reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, and helps soil retain water, supporting healthier ecosystems and combating climate change

The planet is burning, you simply have to separate your waste. It’s the easiest thing in the world. Our council has been doing it for years.

I have one and don't use it. Everything goes in the bin.

I don’t have a kitchen bin (mine always end up grotty) so I just put rubbish in the right wheelie bin after I’ve cooked, and add tea bags.

The best thing for the environment would be to do away with the ridiculous amount of plastic packaging and food waste we all have in the first place.

I have a double freestanding bin in my kitchen. Black bin one side, recycling the other and the pretty green Ikea caddy under my sink for food scraps. It’s soooo easy and we end up with hardly anything in the black bin.

We've had them for years also, small one in kitchen, large one in garden. Never had maggots or any issues.

@thinktoomuchtoooften so why can’t you just put it into the food waste bin?

That is a slow process( remember the MN tantrums over the reduced mince packaging). Both are needed.

Im not having another bin. I already pay for a garden waste bin, recycle the recyclable, compost the compostable. It’s enough.

No it isn’t and it’s nothing. If your caddy isn’t filled they check your bins and fine you.

I’ve had maggots in my general waste bin which is why I now have a bin cleaner (another thread)

my general waste is emptied every 3 weeks. I think a guest put food waste in my kitchen bin or directly into my general waste bin without me realising

I love getting my kitchen waste collected every week

If they want to go through my bin and dissect my well wrapped waste then they can crack on. I’ll also want them to be doing the same to my neighbours who chuck grass clippings etc in their bins to avoid the garden waste charge

They will. Frankly just putting onion peelings into the caddy whilst I’m chopping which leaves my black bin cleaner is nothing and certainly not worth paying a fine.