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

Great that you have found a solution. I remember when they first came in there was some resistance but it’s just normal now. It also stops seagulls and foxes ripping the bags (although a badger recently got into my outside food caddy because I left the handle up!). Also, the compost it creates is cheaper than the stuff in the garden centre.

No I won’t. Disgusting. I’ve put it in the main bin to be thrown away.

I already do, it’s another bag for the car boot!
If I didn’t have a car I wouldn’t be carrying on the bus!
Small electrical items should be also taken by local collection.

Try emptying it into the outside food waste bin more frequently? Your old fashioned outside bin which you put food and general waste into will also have maggots in it, even if you have stuff bagged up in it.

We've had one for donkeys years! Don't see what the big drama is - would rather keep smelly food waste separate than in my regular bin tbh..

@Cantbloodyrememberthenameonthread what’s disgusting?

This may have already been mentioned but a good tip (that i got off Mumsnet!) Is to put a piece of kitchen roll/newspaper at the bottom of the caddy bag. Absorbs all the moisture that the food scraps give out and means you don't get horrible caddy/bin juice.

That's not allowed in all councils food recycling though - when it rolls out in my local one for example, it can only be food waste, no kitchen roll or tissues or packaging of any kind etc in with it, that must go in general waste instead.

I don't have a car. I just take what will fit in my rucksack, as once I've emptied it of thin plastics I'll be filling it with shopping anyway.

But our council are rolling out thin plastics collections from June this year. So, as you say, it's one less thing to remember and take out with me. Other councils really should take note.

Yes? I put the poo bags containing poo, into the black general waste bin on the day of collection as I described. ETA - I am usually adding in the last black sack from the kitchen on day of collection, so often it goes

• take black sack from kitchen
• take black sack outside
• add poo baggies containing poo
• tie black bin bag up
• add black bin bag to grey wheelie bin
• put wheelie bin on boundary

Where else would they go? Not suitable for recycling, food waste, or garden waste! They should go in thr general waste.

Same place parents put nappies? That's also fecal matter...

I’m using mine but the cat thought the indoor one was a new food puzzle, like the ones I give him when I go out. He was very much “hold my beer, I got this”
now I have a different one…

Many years ago our council was a trailblazer in introducing the food waste collections,then after a couple of years they stopped. Now they've had to go to the expense and trouble of reissuing every household with identical bins to the last time!

I keep the small bin under the sink and the larger one in the garage.The lid on the larger one can be placed in a lock position which will hopefully make it a bit harder for critters to break into and lessen any risk of spillage if it gets knocked over on the pavement while awaiting collection. I put the bin out as late as I possible can on the night before and the lorry comes around really early.

Yeah I’m really confused, the uproar in my city has been wild
what's the difference between a normal kitchen bin and a food caddy, or just take your food scraps straight outside. And they’re collecting it more often so bonus

I don't have a dog, but where else would it go? The public bins here are for general waste and dog poo, there are signs on them. My cats poo goes in the waste bin, in poo bags.
There are a few dedicated dog poo bins but not many.

Many years ago our council was a trailblazer in introducing the food waste collections,then after a couple of years they stopped. Now they've had to go to the expense and trouble of reissuing every household with identical bins to the last time!

That's exactly what happened with the council I mentioned upthread, I did wonder for a moment if it's the same one, but don't think it can be as, having proudly announced this wonderful 'new' initiative, there’s still no sign of them actually delivering the 'groundbreaking' food-waste bins to households. I thought it was all mandated by central government but they seem able to drag their heels over it.

Quite! General waste is where you should put all offensive waste: nappies, dog poo bags, cat litter, plasters, used sanitary towels and tampons etc....

I really don't see what the problem is.

If you have very little food waste it will make hardly any difference to you.

Because they are for food waste only.

I don't see your point? Any non compostible food waste will still go in rather than to landfill. Good 👍

Whats the issue? Had them for years here. Better than piling more rubbish into landfill. If I had a bigger garden I would probably have my own compost going on, but this is a good alternative. Council collect regularly.

Locally we have changed to a new system of food caddies, separate bags for metal & plastic, cardboard & paper, and non-recyclable waste. It's a small readjustment to make, but the outrage has been off the scale, and I wonder how on earth people will cope with an actual crisis.

Which will be hardly anything according to your first post.

And that will cost, for the caddies, the weekly collection and the trucks (or at least would do in my area). Every area is different.

If collections are enhanced with respect to recycling, it makes sense to enhance them in the way that maximises benefit for recycling. That might be something like separating out materials that are disposed of in large quantities better prior to collection, or the specification of new catagories that occur in large enough volume.

Spending a large amount of money to stop a small amount of waste going to landfill isn't good economics. Spending a large amount of money to stop a large amount of waste going to landfill is better.

I love mine. Have always hated throwing out peelings etc after years of having guinea pigs and none now. You’re buying too much food if the amount of waste generated is too much to deal with.

Like you say, it depends on how the rest of the collections are organised. We have general waste collection one week, recycling the next (all recycling in one enormous wheelie bin). Food waste is collected at the same time as each of these, every week - it’s all emptied into a separate bin on the truck. So no extra trucks or collection sessions. It’s all very efficient. The food waste is broken down into biogas for electricity, and agricultural fertiliser. It isn’t generating methane in landfill. Our council say it saves money overall doing this.

I’ve had one for years too, but most weeks it has nothing in it because most of my food waste is fruit and vegetable peelings and that goes into my compost.

This might just be the oddest post on here. You're collecting your food waste separately in a caddy in the kitchen so you're doing the difficult part. But then you're falling at the final hurdle when all you have to do is pop the food waste in the bin for collection!

Use some other container for your dog waste bags and use the food waste bin as intended!

I'm glad it's not just me who's confused by this posters use of the larger food bins - as you say, if you are actually going to use it, why do that and then put it in the general waste instead of putting it in the big food waste bin and actually allowing that food waste to be used for generating electricity from biogas and being turned into fertiliser for farm lands instead of farmers having to rely on chemicals to grow your food?i