How do you dispose of trash?

[smkiya]

Me too.

OP, why don't you just make your husband tie the trash bags up? That's another discussion And remember to put the trash out? Wouldn't that solve the problem? I wouldn't want trash bags sitting in my kitchen for days.

The 'trash' that you perceive isn't really what my trash is. I've really almost become obsessive about the whole thing. When I buy meat I take them out of the packages, separate it, cut off the fat, put them in ziplock freezer bags with dates, and put them in the freezer. I usually do this the day before trash day. I bag up the meat packaging and fat and it goes out that night with the trash. When I use the ziplocked meat from the freezer, I rinse out the ziplock bags before they go in the trash. With other things, like I said, I rinse paper plates and plastic utensils, food goes in the disposal, and I'll never make boned food like chicken wings unless it's close to trash day so it can go out (quadruple bagged of course). When I do keep the bags it's never more than a day or two, I put them in the utility closet in the kitchen... But, remember, you're talking to a 'weird' person, so my trash may not look like yours. I loosen up a lot in the winter months though.

Thanks for the responses! I know its not a typical question, but I just wanted to know what others do. I guess life experiences can affect our behavior, and having to deal with maggots crawling into my kitchen for hours, well... you see the outcome of that!

 

[disneyfans95]

We throw everything into the garbage then out into a huge can that they come 1x a week to pick up.

We don't recycle outside of maybe some water bottles or stuff.

 

[aprilgail2]

I must be a serious trash underachiever. I put it in a bag, tie it up, and throw it in the trash can. No freezing, quadruple bagging, etc. I just throw it away.

LOL---me too- no way am I freezing leftover bones in the freezer....sounds a little to Jeffrey Dahmerish to me!
I tie the bag up and put it outside in the trash can. We have garbage pick up Mon. and Thursday-garden(leaves, weeds, grass etc) stuff pickup on Friday and cans and paper pickup on Wednesday. Never enough time between any pickup for magots to be there

 

[smb6]

We just throw everything in the garbage and take it to the outside garbage cans when the kitchen bag is full. I'm surprised that so many people are surprised that you got maggots in your outside garbage! I know it does not happen often, but outside garbage + summer = flies = maggots. Our garbage is picked up weekly. Once I spotted maggots on top of one of our outside trash can lids. The trash was closed up, but I guess a fly decided to lay it's babies on the lid. It was gross, I sprayed the can down with Raid and they died- that was the end of it. Like I said, it's not a common occurance but flies love outside garbage, so I really think it's fairly common for them to lay eggs in the garbage. I think the reason we don't see maggots more often is that the garbage man typically comes before they get a chance to hatch.
We keep our lids shut tight, mainly because of stray cats!

 

[Fortuosity]

1:20-2:48 http://www.hulu.com/watch/4101/saturday-night-live-cooking-with-the-anal-rententive-chef

I've found that a couple of well-placed staples can be substituted for the tape if, heaven forfend, you find your supply of the sticky stuff to be low.

 

[LuvLDM]

I must be a serious trash underachiever. I put it in a bag, tie it up, and throw it in the trash can. No freezing, quadruple bagging, etc. I just throw it away.

Yeah me too, I'm baffled that some people have a "technique" for disposing of trash.

 

[Disney Doll]

I must be a serious trash underachiever. I put it in a bag, tie it up, and throw it in the trash can. No freezing, quadruple bagging, etc. I just throw it away.

Me too.
Throw it in the kitchen can, which has a plastic bag in it. When the bag is filled, it goes into the outside garbage can. That goes to the curb once a week. If there are maggotrs living in there, then they too are disposed of once a week.

 

[C.Ann]

Only me here at the lake, so I don't accumulate a lot of "trash" - in terms of food products.. Garbage pick-up is once a week, so when my waste basket is full, I double bag it and put it outside in the trash can.. I place a dryer sheet on top of the garbage bags (supposed to keep the wildlife out), and snap the lid on tight.. If I have more I have to add later in the week and the lid isn't as tight as I would like it to be, I use a bungee cord to keep it nice and snug..

Cans and recycle materials go home with my Dson-in-law every Sunday night.. I have a separate waste basket here for the cans with a tight lid.. (I line the inside with a smaller trash bag or bag from the store..) My bottled water bottles go in these nice canvas bags I have that my Dson-in-law can just dump into their huge container of bottles at home until they get taken back to the store..

 

[The Mystery Machine]

This may sound weird but bones and stuff that doesn't go down the disposal goes in a baggie in the freezer. Luckily our trashman comes fairly early so the stuff doesn't get a chance to thaw out too much.

We did that in Texas because we would always get maggots. It did not matter how much you tied up those bags the maggots would be crawling out of the trash into the garage. And I am talking about the big cans that you rent.

As far as a tip that people used down there is that they would spray their trash cans with RAID to kill of the bugs. We never did that but a lot of people did.

 

[JessicaR]

Yeah me too, I'm baffled that some people have a "technique" for disposing of trash.

I am surprised to read that too.

 

[wdwfan16]

I hate summer for trash disposal. I rinse off paper plates, quadruple bag raw meat packages, and throw eaten meat and food items that can't go down the disposal into ziplock bags. Then when the kitchen trash bag is full, I'll put it into another trash bag and set it in the kitchen closet until at least 3 days before trash day.

Crazy? I know...

Years ago my husband would throw meat and chicken wings, etc. right into the kitchen trash without bagging it first. He'd take the trash bag out of the kitchen can and throw it (untied ) into the outside trash can. One week he forgot to put the trash out, and the trash men came early. The trash had to sit outside one more week. Well, one day I went out to put a bag in and the can was swarming with maggots. Someone told me to pour in bleach ... not such a bright idea. The maggots overflowed out of the can and poured onto the ground. The can was about 15 feet from the house and maggots made their way towards the house, up the back stairs, under my screen door into the kitchen!!!!

Needless to say I have to make sure that NEVER happens again!!! Dh still doesn't tie the kitchen bags before putting it in the outside can (lazy!!!) so I have to bag and tie before he can take it out. I'm just curious, is anyone else this weird when it comes to the throwing out trash?

We just throw our trash into the bag in the kitchen. When it gets full it is taken out to the garage trash cans. On trash day they go to curb.

I admit I an a "Trash Slacker". No special bagging, freezing sanitizing etc. the trash.


We got maggots once. DH just took the can outside and cleaned it. Maggots are not homing pigeons. They were only about 3 feet from the kitchen/garage entrance door and they did not follow us inside.

 

[sunnyday123]

OP, do you live near a power plant? I can't imagine anything other than mutant maggots could survive enough bleach to overflow from a trash can, and make their way up your back porch and under your door, into your kitchen.

I too, am a trash slacker. I do tie up the bag, but then I throw it away, I don't wash it before hand either. Think of all the plastic bags your clogging up the dump with quadruple bagging trash. And if your washing paper plates, why not wash a real one? Less trash.

 

[Magic Mom]

We just bag ours and put it outside in the trash can. We've never had any problems, even if we occasionally miss taking it to the curb one week.

 

[Silent1CB]

How do I dispose of trash?
In the dumpster.

 

[JVL1018]

I put everything into kitchen bags, tie them and put them out in the cans until trash day. I've never had a problem with smell or maggots. We have garbage pickup twice a week.

Same here-and we have no garbage disposal(don't know anyone with them, I don't think they're very common here, as I have never been in any house in this area that had one), so we throw all food scraps in the trash. Never any problems.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

coffe grounds go into the garden, veggie waste and anything else that will biodegrade goes into compost, plastics, glass, and paper go into recycling bins. Left over trash goes into kitchen trash can. Then out to the industrial trash bin but that is far from the house. We have a large shed that we put a deck on for the trash cans. We do haul it closer to the house in the winter (the path to the deck doesn't get plowed) but we don't have issues with bugs when it's cold.

The large can has a heavy lid and a seals up pretty well. We don't have to many issues with bugs or smells. It smells when it's hot out but since it's so far from the house we don't notice.

So, why doesn't your DH tie the bag?

 

[SandrA9810]

I've always had to use the dumpster living on my own. My grandmother used to keep a grocery bag in the little kitchen can for a trash bag. Then toss it nightly into the can. The can was set far away from the house, so no issues of smell or anything else.

I remember she used to tell us tuesday was trash day, which was non kitchen stuff. Like packaging from stuff or grass clippings. Friday was garbage day which was mostly food trash from the kitchen.
Was there ever really a difference???

In the house, I still just use a grocery bag hung on a cabinet. If there's every any food stuff to throw out, I just tie the bag, set it outside my door and take it to the dumpster the next morning. And if I go through to do a good cleaning, I'll use a bigger garbage bag to collect all the smaller bags like from the bathroom and bedrooms, as well as whatever is in the kitchen.

I don't really see the need in wasting more plastic and money when I get a ton of bags from the grocery store for free.

 

[marlynnp]

OP, do you live near a power plant? I can't imagine anything other than mutant maggots could survive enough bleach to overflow from a trash can, and make their way up your back porch and under your door, into your kitchen.

I too, am a trash slacker. I do tie up the bag, but then I throw it away, I don't wash it before hand either. Think of all the plastic bags your clogging up the dump with quadruple bagging trash. And if your washing paper plates, why not wash a real one? Less trash.

mutant maggots!

I throw my trash in the waste basket/trash can.
When it gets full I yell, "Honey dump the trash."
It miraculously disappears.

I heard a rumor that once a week all the trash goes out to the curb and a magic truck comes and takes it away - but I can't verify that.

 

[KristenHoneymooner]

This may sound weird but bones and stuff that doesn't go down the disposal goes in a baggie in the freezer. Luckily our trashman comes fairly early so the stuff doesn't get a chance to thaw out too much.

I also freeze my food trash during periods of warm weather, a trick I learned from my mother I just keep a plastic grocery bag at the bottom of the freezer and any food garbage that could potentially become smelly during the week goes in there. It works great!

 

[smkiya]

We just throw our trash into the bag in the kitchen. When it gets full it is taken out to the garage trash cans. On trash day they go to curb.

I admit I an a "Trash Slacker". No special bagging, freezing sanitizing etc. the trash.


We got maggots once. DH just took the can outside and cleaned it. Maggots are not homing pigeons. They were only about 3 feet from the kitchen/garage entrance door and they did not follow us inside.

OP, do you live near a power plant? I can't imagine anything other than mutant maggots could survive enough bleach to overflow from a trash can, and make their way up your back porch and under your door, into your kitchen.
I too, am a trash slacker. I do tie up the bag, but then I throw it away, I don't wash it before hand either. Think of all the plastic bags your clogging up the dump with quadruple bagging trash. And if your washing paper plates, why not wash a real one? Less trash.

I poured a bucket of bleach water in and they all poured out. We're not talking about a couple of maggots here... the amount of maggots that poured out would fill a 3-5 gallon bucket! No exaggeration! Who knows how many died inside the can from the bleach, I can only imagine. There were sooo many that lived and they went everywhere. When I say they came in under my screen door we're not talking one or two.... over the course of a few hours I must have killed at least 2 dozen on my kitchen floor, which was 15 feet around a corner, up 6 stairs, and under a door, from where they originated. Get it! I was terrified!!! So, after that, every summer, the 'clean trash' obsession starts. Maybe they were mutant maggots!

As for the clogging the dump, I don't go out of my way to buy extra bags. I use the ones my groceries were bagged in, and it's not everyday, because it's mostly for meats and I explained my 'technique' for that.

My mom says the same thing about the paper plates. She's never used a paper plate. But for simple items like hotdogs or sandwiches, they're easy and I will rinse the ketchup, mustard, onions, etc. off, because I don't like smelly garbage.