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Help I have maggots in my bin!!!!

162 replies

Rach32 · 12/07/2006 10:35

Been on holiday for a week and the bin was emptied today. The combination of hot weather and dirty nappies (even though they were in nappy sacks) has caused the bin to stink and when I looked inside I found some maggots. I have just put some bleach and boiling water inside to kill the maggots but I cant get rid of the smell. Any ideas???

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Califrau · 09/07/2008 23:31

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cornsilk · 09/07/2008 23:32

But at least that's a good drinking story. Worms in the bin you are not going to share!

KerryMum · 09/07/2008 23:33

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PictureThis · 09/07/2008 23:33

Califrau you beat me to it. Maggots in the bin is like a walk in the park compared to wormy leg thread

WendyWeber · 09/07/2008 23:38

How do the flies get into the bins to lay the eggs?

phraedd · 10/07/2008 12:58

we asked our council if we could buy another green bin (garden waste, cardboard etc) and got told that we couldn't.

They can sell the compost on so i don't really understand what the problem is

so we too have fortnightly collections and maggots.....not really what you want around the children in their own gardens is it?

tootyflooty · 20/07/2008 14:24

last night discovered a maggot rave going on round the top of my bin, blasted them with boiling water, but each time I went back to check more had appeared.I have spent more time with my maggot mates and kettle than I have my family this weekend !!!! I even dreamt about my bin last night, Sad !!!! I can't bring myself to pull out all the rubbish bags to rebag them and there is still 2 more days until rubbish collection.There will be more water than rubbish at this rate. I bleach and scrub my bin every 2 weeks so not sure what happened this time. Well kettles just boiled again so back to maggot attack, nice to know I'm not alone !!!

Emmsy1 · 25/07/2008 14:37

I found maggots crawling all over the inside of the lid yesterday, I thought I had killed them all but found another load this morning, have used 1 & 1/2 bottles of bleach today, problem is the bin is quite full and I am not going to pull all the bags out as can't bare to touch them (DH is a wimp also) the fortnightly bin collection is on tuesday and we are due to have our bin washed on the same day, cant wait, this is making me ill, and is going to cost me a fortune in bleach

angelinaHP · 27/07/2008 00:16

I went outside to wave off my boyfriend and actually stood in the sea of maggots pouring out from my bin. I hadn't seen them and was bare foot. Compleatly freaked out!!!!!!!

Once i composed myself i had a mad hour quirting bleech on the path and kettles full of boiling water but, but they just don't seem to die!!!!!

Have moved the bin to the other side of the road & ten minutes later there was another sea forming! so have put something heavy on top to hold the lid shut. Bin is not collected for another 5 days. Not sure what else to do??

What will it be like when the maggots turn into flys? OMG i am really freaking out now!!!!!!

deblindsay1 · 29/07/2008 09:54

I am so glad to have found this thread as I thought it was only me!!!!! I have been using bleach and boiling water and have been told by the council that if the binmen can see any on the lid then they will not empty the bin when they come in 2 days!!!!! What on earth will we do then?????????? Off out with the bleach again, I am scared to pen the lid..Did anyone know if fly spray works?
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jazzandh · 29/07/2008 17:46

Me too.....I emptied a bag of soda crystals in the bin, read somewhere that salt killed the blighters, and that was the nearest thing that I had. Hoped it worked a bit like salt on slugs

Haven't really looked at the bin too hard since!

angelinaHP · 30/07/2008 21:44

I simply closed the lid and put something heavy on top. My partner checked today & they were all nearly dead. We're assuming the warm weather has killed them.

moominjules · 12/08/2008 15:27

Hoorah, thank goodness for this thread, I found my black bin (fortnightly collection) had maggots in it yesterday, I sprayed it all with bug spray, but when I woke this morning and left for work, they are al crawing on top of it, so I boiled the kettle and poured that on it, I'd dreading going home and finding whats developed!
have text dh to get an industrial bag of salt on his way home, I've also ready that hair spray works well at killing them, so when I get home I think me and dh will have to tackle it together with a mixture of salt boiling water bleach and hairspray!! surely one of those will work!!

Bins don't get emptied until friday either, as soon as its empty though we're pressure hosing it and bleaching it and anything else to get it clean again. urgh.

riojaqueen · 31/08/2008 21:21

All was fine when I threw a nappy sack into the bin this morning. Two hours later, maggots dripping everywhere from the bin. 10 kettles of boiling water have made little difference so we've taken the drastic action of clingfilming our bin top to bottom to suffocate the little buggers. They're all over the patio and it stinks. Five days to go until collection day...whoopee!

notagrannyyet · 31/08/2008 22:17

We have recycling (plastic, cardboard, glass) one week.
General waste the next, and always have maggots in the summer. 3 or 4 buckets of bleech & hot water usually does the trick.
I do wish household waste was still collected weekly.

makeminealargeoneplease · 02/09/2008 11:20

I'd get it cleaned professionally. There are companies that specialise in it now, for about £20 you can get it cleaned like new. Google Wheelie Clean

CatIsSleepy · 02/09/2008 11:24

our food waste gets taken away weekly but there were still maggots in it the other week
tons of them all writhing around, I nearly barfed

am taking head in sand approach
dh said they were all gone when bins were emptied
am firmly resolved not to look whenever I put anything in bin
at least it's nearly winter

EustaciaVye · 03/09/2008 15:51

Oh f*.

Maggots in my bin. First time found them yesterday. Double bagged offending bin bag and shoved it in bin.

Now found them crawling up the inside of the wheelie bin and a few on top.

Does boiling water do anythign?

bozza · 03/09/2008 16:03

We have had fortnightly collections for ages and never run out of space in the bin and also never had maggots. bin did get full when binmen were striking because then didn't get emptied for a month.

Jas · 03/09/2008 16:08

Boiling water will kill them, but not stop more.

I clean out my wheelie bin every time it is emptied, which helps (also reduces smell as it has to live quite close to my front door), but we get weekly collections in the summer here as it was such a big problem.

Egg · 03/09/2008 16:16

To kill maggots I use RAID fly spray. Works wonders.

We also have fortnightly collection and as I have three children age 2 and under I have a lot of nappies so we can never fit everything in.

I pleaded with council and said I would pay for another bin so we don't have to have bags of maggots sitting in the garden for DS1 to play with and they said you only get an extra bin if you have 6 or more people living in your house, so I need to have another baby or a lodger .

EustaciaVye · 03/09/2008 16:26

Ok, Found some RAID Wasp and FLY spray. I have sprayed as much as I can into the bin without suffocating myself and shut the lid.

Will this kill them all? Will it stop new ones?

Sorry to go on. I'm totally phobic about fleas,maggots etc.

EustaciaVye · 03/09/2008 16:27

This is the first time we've had them by the way. Normally scrupulous about putting rubbish in the bin but a bag got left outside for a day before it went in there.

ludaloo · 03/09/2008 16:31

Bleurgh!

Nightmare! I found teeny weeny maggots under the rim of the cat bowl
Believe me, the cat bowls are constantly washed aswell(cat food is sooooo attractive to small children for some reason)
Some manky fly must have laid eggs under there and in literally a day, they have hatched into little maggots. Really really grim.

Cat bowl was duly flung in the garden and DH dealt with it while I did a strange toe curling, finger flicking, shuddering type dance!

Tutter · 03/09/2008 16:31

ugh

thought it said chin

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