maggots in the wheelie bin- HELP!!

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Bin isn't being collected until Tuesday and is half full already.Just opened the lid and it's a maggot festival!
I had cleaned it out scrupulously last time it was emptied, (we're on fortnightly collection,) and virtually all food waste is in the food bin.

So what can I do, until it's emptied?
Anybody know any good maggot killing techniques?

It also pongs.
ps, thankfully all children very long past nappies

It was a good tip wasn't it? Apparently, quite a range of insects etc dislike mints and flies dislike several types of garden herbs.

Might be a good idea to plant some in gardens for those people who seem to have a wider problem?

Last time we had maggots we just opened the bin lid and the birds came in and had a delicious treat.

Yes, I was going to say, open the lid, let the birds eat them. Or call a fisherman to collect them......

Fordy some councils can provide outside nappy bins we got one it is collected along with our normal waste, it's a lifesaver in our house lol

We aren't allowed to put food waste in our black/grey bin, but since you aren't allowed to put plastic bags in your brown bin it's inevitable that the food stuff you put in there will go a bit rancid especially in this heat. :(

try citronella - that'll keep the bloody flies away. it's amazing stuff.

Or failing that, vingegar.

Jeyes fluid is the best for this

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Isn't it better to keep them and dispose them with the bin rubbish then to repel and let them go somewhere else, closer to your house? Brrrrr :( grosss

that worked for me! fresh mint... Nice idea

I put a full bottle of toilet duck over them , swam to be slowing down !!

Seam to be slowing down in fact think there dead thank god !

That's ridiculous, they're only maggots. They will turn in to flies then just use fly spray in the bin not need for two bottles of bleach.

Zombie post

Just leave them. They are dealing with your rubbish.

When never had anything like this happen before I think I panicked when seeing the amount of them.

Hi there,

We are closing this thread as it has been quite a while and the OP probably doesn't want this cropping back up.

This actually happened to me too. It was the stuff of nightmares. they were all coming out the bin and thousands crawling up my drive towards my house. never being so freaked out in my life.

This looks like o resurrected the thread, I didn't!!

**I not o