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Food bins

Posted by Stan Wears on 5/7/2026, 8:58 pm

I keep contact with friends all over the country and many are saying they refuse to use the bins as they have created an infestation of maggots. This system is just not working anywhere. The recent heat has added to the problem. Another problem is the urban fox who manages to open the bin even though it is locked by the handle! He knows how to open it!

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Posted by Joseph on 5/7/2026, 11:22 pm, in reply to "Food bins"

Bet you that's bassil brush Stan, he's a clever foxy

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Posted by Sheila on 6/7/2026, 1:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Food bins"

I have to say , we have used the food caddy and small bin since 2009. It works perfectly if used correctly. If it was stopped tomorrow I wonder where to put waste food every day. We buy compostabe strong green small bags for the caddy from the Supermarket. It stops inside my kitchen, on the floor. I use a new bag every day. The caddy bag goes into the larger food bin outside and is emptied every week. The containers are spotless. We all think, how did we get rid of waste food before we had them.

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Posted by Sheila on 6/7/2026, 1:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Food bins"

Can I just add the food goes directly to a “Green” waste digester in Wallingford which produces “Green” power.
Oxfordshire County Council.

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Posted by Liz Dance on 6/7/2026, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Food bins"

In Herefordshire where I live we have 2 bins one for everyday rubbish and one for recycling, we have weekly collections of bins one week it is everyday rubbish the next week is recycling. We are lucky we have a large garden so we are able to put things like used tea bags, egg shells, fruit peelings etc into a small compost bin, this lives in the utility, it has a lid, there is a lift out section where we put the compost stuff, my husband takes the composting stuff to the compost heap when the bin is full, it isn’t a big thing so it gets emptied sometimes once a day or every other day. Once the bin has been emptied it gets disinfected ready to use again, we most certainly have not had any infestations.

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Posted by Stan Wears on 8/7/2026, 10:12 am, in reply to "Re: Food bins"

I have kept my bins well disinfected but Basil Brush as Joseph calls him, does mooch about with results! As for the maggots, Hartlepool has the same problem. Strange!

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Posted by Sheila on 8/7/2026, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Food bins"

Fingers crossed I will never see maggots. Lid on the food bin outside is just closed, no lock. Perhaps the combustible bags are stronger than they look. Never had a burst bag, but it is usually less than a quarter full when changed every day. It’s just something you get used to doing.

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