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Wheelie-bin.
Its been the hottest day of the year so far and we have maggots dropping out of our wheelie-bin so fast even the birds cant keep up with taking them away.

We are so careful how we chuck rubbish in the bin, we even put the bags in black sack bags and tie them really tight.

And we even have a food disposal in the kitchen, so it just goes to show it does not make any difference what you do, YOU NEED YOUR BINS EMPTYING WEEKLY not fortnightly.

I just cant cope with seeing the maggots dropping out of the bin and the distance they can go.

I watch them (from inside) go right across the garden.

I'm never going to sleep tonight knowing what awaits me in the morning.

What do others do about this problem? I just hate them.

LouiseR

Your bins get emptied fortnightly? Ours are done weekly. We suffer with flies and ants around the bin when its warm but no maggots thank god.

Letspretend....

Ours are done twice a week with recycling fortnightly!!

BadgeIsBack

Ours (Melbourne SE) are done once a week, or recycling fortnightly.

Burbage

Don't throw away so much food?

Kate2112

Keep your leftover/for recycling/food garbage in a sealed container in the fridge until the day of collection.

squeezzii

If you can bear it, pour boiling water all round the bin once emptied.

Graham and Maria

all the ants keep the maggots away

Cheetah7

I bought this foul smelling plastic device - highly toxic. You clip it round the handle of the bin and it hangs inside the bin - it kills the flies.

We have had no maggots or anything - it is due to be replaced as it lasts 3-4 months I think, but is still going strong. I think its called 'bin rid' or something, we bought it from coles.

Petals

Save all your meat and other such stuff and put into a container in the freezer, freezer is better than fridge and then get out on the day its going and by the time they pick it up it should be just thawing but not growing maggots.

camacazi

yes, thats what i do, all food scraps go in the freezer until bin day.

had maggots twice before i learnt to this, and oh was at work so had to deal with it myself eugh!!!!!
poor boiling water over the bin & they die off and when bins emptied do the same inside & bleach it. not nice

Alfresco

Don't know about Oz, but here in the UK we keep our wheelie bin in the shade and don't get maggots. My neighbour left hers in the sun and always got maggots until I told her to keep it in the shade.

Oz is obviously much hotter than here, so not sure if it will solve the problem over there.

We also keep everything in bags and they are tied up tight and go in the bin. No loose food waste goes in ours.

RenShen

This has happened to me twice since being here (4 months) and we don't put unwrapped food in the bin. I just wash the bin out with boiling water and bleach once the binmen have been. When I consider all of the things that live in Australia, some mindless, harmless maggots now and again are not stressing me too much. I was much more concerned about the absolutely MASSIVE spider I found in a tree the other week. Sprayed it with killer and ran.

Geelong Gent

But people rummaging through your rubbish doesn't count
It needs to be a full extraction to count

bananalana

Our bins get emptied once a week with the recycling and green bin on alternate fortnights.

Havent seen any maggots yet but im not particularly careful with my rubbish.

Does it really matter if you get some maggots here and there? It's not like you keep your wheelie inside.