paulr

I suppose you could dig fruit and veg back into the garden,but what about stuff like bread.

Or does everyone just chuck it all in the bin?

corradoboy

Get a pig

Matteeboy

Veg bits, eggs, etc go in the compost bin.

Bread goes to the birds.

Recycling goes in the recycling box.

The rest gets put in the rubbish.

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

I take the bread to the bus shelter and feed the tramps

Chris_B_WRX

Plenty of pig farmers in Lincolnshire mate. See if they'll take it.

Either that or don't buy so much food to start with !

paulr

Compost bin...mmmmmm.

corradoboy

That's the philosophy I use. Every meal carefully considered whilst shopping. I feel gutted if we have to throw anything out, and food left on plates partly annoys me, but partly pleases me 'cos I'm the pig in our house

Chris_B_WRX

Me too mate, if it don't move I'll eat it !

paulr

Me too,nothing wrong with having the same meal twice in a row. Its just all the packaging that comes with it.

The Zohan

You could always try eating it?

*Sonic*

Yeah I tend to finish all my food

OllyK

Waste disposal unit!!

Chrisgr31

We have a special compost bin called a green cone. Basically comprises a plastic basket buried in the ground with a plastic cone on top. Stuff all unwanted foodstuffs in and it breaks them down to CO2 and H20 with a small residue. Meant to be rat proof. Citrus can be a problem due to fruit flies in the peel, but a spray of fly killer infrequently sorts them out

Chris_B_WRX

That'll be me then !

unclebuck

Don't buy sh*tty ready meals. They are just junk food in disguise. Fresh veg has no packaging except what you peel off and you should compost that.

All other unavoidable packaging should go for recycling.

The compost then goes on your veg growing plot.

MJB2

Why dont you put your bread on the compost heap/bin? I also add my shredded utility bills etc.

paulr

Really?

Chip Sengravy

^Yes, worms aren't very good at identity theft


I put most of mine in a compost bin, peelings, teabags etc. The worms then get fed to my pond fish.

speedymonkey

Same here

KJD Mk1

iTrader: (3)

Local council has just started to privide a special bin for food waste, but still wont collect plastic bottles

gotmashed

We have a green bin that all our waste food goes in and the bin men pick that up once a week. A black box/bin for bottles and mags but not junk mail or newspapers or cardboard and the rest goes in black bags and is taken by the normal bin men to there depo and sorted for recycling. And the isle of wight is the only place i know that does it this way

Maz

iTrader: (34)

The byproduct of affluence is vast amounts of waste of perfectly good food. It's all perfectly balanced though, yin and yang. Whilst one person will be throwing away leftover food someone somewhere else will be starving.

flakey

Make sure you don't have to throw anything away, and only buy what you know your not going to waste.

little-ginge

We have 4 bins... 1 box for tin cans, 1 box for paper/cardboard, 1 green wheelie for compostable (is that a word?) waste and a black wheelie for all other waste.

My dad also has a huge compost bin in his half of our back garden ( which when composted is used on the veggie plot etc). Most of the household food waste & grass clippings etc go in there.

Bread and things like out of date cereals go to the birds. Bills and letters are shredded and will be used to line our new hedgehog house this winter

Chip Sengravy

is this for the tinnies, LG?