stinky bins

[gentlegreen]

I live in a flat, have no access to the garden and nowhere to put my stinky bin bags

A couple of times, we've forgotten to take the bags out on collection day and had 5/6 bags in the flat for a whole week,... 'orrible.

Any suggestions? I don't think it would go down too well if we just whacked them outside on the communal landing bit..

bokashi

 

[Pip]

bokashi

What's the point of compost if you haven't got a garden though?

 

[gentlegreen]

What's the point of compost if you haven't got a garden though?

Surely you know someone who could use it.

The main thing is it stops food waste going stinky.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Give it a good sprinkle with some bicarbonate of soda. That should help soak up the remaining nasty niff.

Also make sure you clean the lid too

 

[Jenerys]

I killed loads of maggots in my food waste bin yesterday - bleurgh. Boiled a kettle and poured the water all over them. Now that was a stink.

Was feeling particularly mean as they are also in my wormery and I think they've probably killed all the worms

 

[Pingu]

take up fishing?

 

[sheothebudworths]

gentlegreen - presumably you can use any old bucket with a tap on for that and just buy the bran?

The buckets they're selling as bokashi buckets specifically, are stupidly expensive!

 

[gentlegreen]

gentlegreen - presumably you can use any old bucket with a tap on for that and just buy the bran?

The buckets they're selling as bokashi buckets specifically, are stupidly expensive!

As per always

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120607&highlight=bokashi

I've never tried it myself as I have a bottomless compost bin and see insects and funny smells as a wildlife feature.

 

[sheothebudworths]

That was just about the most useless thread possible for you to have highlighted!


Anyway, I reckon I might snap up a couple of fermentation buckets and give that a go! Composting your cooked food/dairy/meat etc etc waste as well as the bog standard stuff is very appealing - and it'd only be replacing the existing compost bucket too. Cheers for that gg!

 

[Pip]

Hmmm that actually looks quite interesting. I thought I couldn't have a compost bin because of mice, but if I can find the space maybe I can rethink

 

[sheothebudworths]

Pip - that's another reason the brewers buckets would come in handy too, cos you could buy two of the smaller five or ten litre ones instead of having to have great big 20 litre jobbys when you're very unlikely to fill that size in two weeks anyway, so you wouldn't need much space!

 

[Pip]

This one looks quite dinky, and I don't have much food waste really. http://www.bokashibucket.co.uk/

So you can put cooked food in there? What about meat?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Yes, meat!

But yeah - that bucket is basically just a fermentation bucket (is that what they're called? ) but with a massive price hike!
They do sensibly suggest having two buckets because once one is full, it takes two further weeks to turn into usable compost, so you just rotate the two (but you could stick the composting one out on your balcony).

 

[gentlegreen]

This one looks quite dinky, and I don't have much food waste really. http://www.bokashibucket.co.uk/

So you can put cooked food in there? What about meat?

We love using our bokashi buckets, we simply scrape all the leftover food straight off our plates. Meat, gravy, vegetables - even the remains of our apple crumble. It all goes in with a handful of bokashi bran sprinkled on the top. We recommended this fabulous system to anyone.

Meat is fine for the compost bin too - raw or cooked.

Though doubtless there will be the odd idiot council who will send around the compost inspector.

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.jeyesprofessional.co.uk/products.aspx?app=37
This stuff is pretty good,just sprinkle a little bit into your bin every day.

 

[DG55]

Put some newspaper in the bottom of the plastic bin bit, so if you get a leaky bin bag it doesn't leak in your bin.

Fucking genius. YES.

 

[gentlegreen]

http://www.jeyesprofessional.co.uk/products.aspx?app=37
This stuff is pretty good,just sprinkle a little bit into your bin every day.

If it's anything like bog standard Jeyes fluid it's absolutely minging and will taint your food.

 

[Pip]

If it's anything like bog standard Jeyes fluid it's absolutely minging and will taint your food.

Only if you eat out of the bin, surely?

 

[gentlegreen]

Only if you eat out of the bin, surely?

It's so pungent, one whiff and you'll be tasting it for a week - it's more or less creosote. It would have no place in my garden - let alone in my kitchen.

 

[Pip]

Yeuch

 

[Gingerman]

If it's anything like bog standard Jeyes fluid it's absolutely minging and will taint your food.

No it dos'nt

 

[gentlegreen]

No it dos'nt

I had a can leak in the garden and it was like creosote / gunk.

 

[Herbsman.]

bin freshener spray and scented bin bags ffs, what next, arse fresheners? turd spray to make your poo smell nicer? or how about make-up for poop, that makes it look more like an attractive floral arrangement rather than a pile of excrement?


just clean it regularly with bleach and boiling water, problem solved

 

[Herbsman.]

A couple of times, we've forgotten to take the bags out on collection day and had 5/6 bags in the flat for a whole week,... 'orrible.

Any suggestions?

Yep, fly tipping is your friend

 

[Geri]

I live in a flat, have no access to the garden and nowhere to put my stinky bin bags

A couple of times, we've forgotten to take the bags out on collection day and had 5/6 bags in the flat for a whole week,... 'orrible.

Any suggestions? I don't think it would go down too well if we just whacked them outside on the communal landing bit..

5 or 6 bags? Why don't you get a decent bin big enough so you only need to put out one bag on collection day? Are you one of those people who put out rubbish in carrier bags or summat?

 

[gentlegreen]

I have a team of helpers this morning cleaning out my jars ready for next week's collection :-

 

[sheothebudworths]

Fuck sake, gg

 

[gentlegreen]

I was going to provide an update on my compost bin mushroom colony too

 

[northeastoipunk]

wash it with bi carbonate of soda its the best odour neutraliser you can get and dirt cheap

 

[sheothebudworths]

I was going to provide an update on my compost bin mushroom colony too

Go for it!!!