house hold food waste dilemma

Ugh you are adding to the fatbergs in the sewers if you throw greasy food down the toilet.

I can’t believe people put food down the toilet I ve never heard of anyone doing that

If only councils could apply joined up thinking to recycling and food/green waste.
MK may occasion some ridicule for its roundabouts but we have a brilliant and efficient system
General non recyclable waste (no food) black bags
Food,, including meat, fish, bones etc and all garden waste -big green wheelie bin
Bottles and glass - blue crate
Paper, rigid plastic, any recyclable plastic and fibres - pink or clear sacks (provided) )
All collected weekly.

It's not greasy! Just the same stuff that would have gone down our throats and out the other end into the toilet.
What causes fatbergs is people pouring used cooking oil down the sink. Also washing powders, which contain oils,plus disposable nappies.
I could be wrong, but I think sewage, from toilets is treated differently from stuff put down the sink, and stuff put in non-recyclable bins.

Flushing food down a toilet? Only human waste and loo paper should be flushed away. It's a great way to contribute to fatbergs, plus it uses scarce water.

This link tells you why food down toiets isn't a great idea.

www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/stories/why-you-shouldnt-flush-food-down-the-toilet

Good link, Sue
I'll have to rethink. Most of what I put down is fluid though
My Mum always did this, that's where I got it from.
And our sewage mostly ends up in the sea.

MawB - joined up thinking? That'll be the day! Our council won't take away garden waste if there's soil in the bin What desk bound box ticker thought that one up I wonder.

Do you all know where the waste goes after you have sorted it so carefully and your Council collects it?

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall found plastic bags full of rubbish in Malaysia - the bags were clearly labelled with the names of some UK Councils.

No-one had any idea what to do with them.

Callestimon - from what I've read there are various private companies who specialise in dealing with a specific type of waste material. County based, not national.
I admit I'm not au fait with it all but do my best.
My bete noire is 'disposable 'nappies.
Also all those plastic islands in the oceans, killing wildlife.

I know much does get carefully recycled but we are not up to speed in this country and we shouldn't be relying on other countries to deal with our waste.

I am going to check what my Council does with ours: I believe they have got worse, not better.

Our food waste goes to an anaerobic recycling centre to be turned into energy.
Our Cojncil has improved and we have already hit the 2020 target for recycling, apparently, so better than I thought.

Here they are offering samples of reusable nappies Fennel as millions are used each year.
Our Council does collect clinical waste, including nappies, separately.

That's good, Callistemon..
Reminds me I once bought some of those reusables ( which they all were in our days) from Waitrose to take to our family who live in India.
They've got to be washed before re-use of course .
Who can be bothered nowadays?

I didn't realise anyone threw food down the toilet. Why add to the burden on our sewage system? It's not just the same as if we ate the food - we wouldn't expel the whole lot, we would digest most of it.

In fact I don't really understand why people would throw away edible food at all. If I have some soup or stew left over, I eat it next day, or freeze it for future use, or add it into another dish (pasta, risotto, another soup) in the next few days. My only food waste is things like bones or trimmings from meat or fish. Vegetable waste goes in the compost. Everything else, I eat.

Oh how lucky you are to only this problem with neighbours. Our little cul-de-sac is open plan with only small fences between gardens. Our neighbour had put two shed two trailer and countless things just discarded in his drive. He asked us to cut down a tree as it stopped him getting into his garage now he could not get a bike in his garage there is so much rubbish in the drive. What can we do it is private propery and I sure am not going to confront them about it ?

Fennel, I guess if you grow up with something you would think it's normal. Liquids, though, such as soup, why wouldn't you simply put it down the sink, rather than trailing it through the house to the toilet?

My son in America has one of those macerated things in his kitchen sink. I'm half-fascinated by it and half-terrified, in case an Edward Scissorhands creature is lurking down there! ?

fennel who can be bothered nowadays well with washing machines why not? We did ours all by hand washing with a washing machine it easy peasy
I still can not imagine wandering to the toilet with food or liquid to put down the loo why not the sink if it’s not solid or greasy it just seems such a strange thing to do

We have mice and or rats in our attic now thanks to our neighbour putting seed and bread out. We always thought vent covers protected us but no they’ve got in through the party wall and can’t get rid of them as they are in the flat roof now and we have no assess to them. Two pest controllers can’t help us either. People should be responsible for their behaviour when it impacts other people. It’s just to warn you this time of year vermin come in so please say something or protect your property.

We have a small brown bin with a handle for food waste, the bin lid locks when the handle is brought forward. When we put it out, we stand it in the green waste bin and put a net over the whole lot to stop stuff blowing away. Ours goes outwear the pavement at night and never had a problem.

I expect your neighbour gets fed up with it as well, so suggest start talking. Tell her how to lock it and stand it when putting it out.

Only the 3 Ps should go down the toilet Fennel pee, poo and paper

I’d sweep it onto her side. Then have a word with her. Nope I don’t put food down the toilet never have and never would. It sounds alien to me.why would you

We used to have them but i rarely used it..i think our council have phased them out now.lack of use i suspect.i do recycle everything else though.yes the food bins do lock.i had a new one brought and hadnt used it so i gave it to my son to pop his fizzy frink cans straight in so it makes life easier for rinsing/recycling them.yes infoman,sweep it over their side,mention to them that they do lock,or maybe if they leave early on a morning they could put it out then as they leave instead.If you dont want to confront them outright,you could be 'working' in your garden as they get home & casually say " blinking foxes,they make a right mess dont they?",pointing at the food mess,& casually add that the bins do lock,you could even pretend you never knew till someone told you,they might take the hint from that.

I think I'd be inclined to nip out and lock their food bin in future. I'd sweep it onto their drive too. We don't have any food waste collection here but I do have a wormery (well, three compost/wormery bins in total) so there's no problem.

Down the toilet? Never heard of that before! And yes the ''disinfects our buns'' gave me a real lift