how do you dispose of semi-fluid food waste?

I've been reading up about food waste bins and caddies - they must make this unpleasant job much easier.

I’ve seen water board vans with signs saying only “poo, pee and paper tissues down the loo”. Our authority isn’t good on recycling. For used oil and other liquids I place in jam jars or plastic bottles for general waste bin. Definitely don’t flush down loo or down kitchen sinks.

I thought only toilet paper should go down the loo as is dissolves - not paper tissues.
I have a waste disposal unit and use that all the time.

Strained, solids chopped small then put into the obin, which is a completely sealed, heat-generating composter. No vermin and it all goes onto the garden in a few months’ time.

Sorry - I had tried to asterisk out a couple of the letters in the brand name of my composter, but it didn’t work.

It goes in the food waste bin lined with the biodegradable bag and is collected every week by the recyclers. The bag has never leaked and because we add paper towels to the bin (encouraged here) it tends to get soaked up. No problem.

We have an in sink waste disposal. Most food waste goes down and is ground up. We do not put big bones down (they go in the bin) or fat (I pour fat into an old plastic container and put it in the fridge or freezer and then into the bin). Sadly we do not have a compost bin so all sorts go down the waste disposal unit, i.e. peelings, leftover food scraps tea leaves etc. My mother had one when I was a child so I grew up using one. I would not be without it.

dragonfly46

I thought only toilet paper should go down the loo as is dissolves - not paper tissues.
I have a waste disposal unit and use that all the time.

I learned this one the hard way! tissues and kitchen roll do not disintegrate in water and sorting the blockage is a messy business!

Azalea99

Strained, solids chopped small then put into the obin, which is a completely sealed, heat-generating composter. No vermin and it all goes onto the garden in a few months’ time.

what is the brand please? I have looked for one but can only find ones that are made of plastic and not guaranteed to be vermin proof

Anything else can cause fatbergs to form, as the 'other items' join and lump up together.

Fatbergs form because stupid people put fats and oil down their sinks. And wetwipes, condoms, tampons and god knows what else down their toilets.

Faeces are digested food, often in a large and solid lump. OP is talking about small amounts of undigested food. In small pieces. I can see the first being more likely that the second to block a toilet. And not a great deal of difference in composition between the two...

Baggs

Or you could have a green cone food digester in your garden, perhaps.

in my garden rats would eat into the plastic and banquet on the contents

MaizieD

^Anything else can cause fatbergs to form, as the 'other items' join and lump up together.^

Fatbergs form because stupid people put fats and oil down their sinks. And wetwipes, condoms, tampons and god knows what else down their toilets.

Faeces are digested food, often in a large and solid lump. OP is talking about small amounts of undigested food. In small pieces. I can see the first being more likely that the second to block a toilet. And not a great deal of difference in composition between the two...

as I have said, faeces are digested food and will break down into a suspension in water, uneaten undigested food will not

tanith

I strain the liqued down the sink with hot water and washing up liqued and put the solids in food waste bin.

I think this is the answer, though I sometimes chill the liquid after straining and skim off the fat for the food waste too. My sink tends to block otherwise.

BoadiceaJones

I mix it with cooked brown rice and give it to the chickens.

If you are in the UK, that is illegal as it goes against the rules of DEFRA. It doesn't matter if you are a "domestic" keeper or a "commercial" keeper. You are not even allowed to give uncooked veg that has been in your kitchen unless you can prove it is an entirely vegan kitchen. Neither should you be giving dried meal worms as they are often from China.
www.gov.uk/government/news/apha-warns-not-to-feed-kitchen-scraps-to-farm-animals-because-of-disease-risk

I strain it off the liquid goes down the sink with very hot water and washing up liquid, the bits left I put in newspaper and in the waste bin.Our Council doesnt allow anything other than grass and garden rubbsh in the green bin.

I have a waste disposal unit in my sink

I strain liquid waste into the sink and put the solid parts in the food waste bin. The toilet is not for food at all - only the 3 p’s - pee, poo, paper.
Anything fatty is bagged up separately.

I live in the country, so put it out for the foxes etc , to be honest it’s usually gone within minutes fought over by magpies crows and foxes, if it’s late at night the badgers might get a look in, but not often.

Cold coffee and grounds I put on the garden - improves the soil. Cooked food leftovers go in biodegradable bags in the small food caddy provided by my Council . When full the bags go into a larger caddy which is collected weekly by the Council.

I strain out the liquid, then freeze the remaining waste. Put the frozen block into a liner in the food waste caddy just before the bins are collected.

The only thing that should go down the toilet is poo and urine and toilet paper. Fatty stuff should not go down the kitchen sink. The food waste here goes in compostable plastic bags in a grey plastic bin collected with the black bin.

Usually the dog gets it with his biscuit, otherwise I strain it and put the solids in the bin.

Well, our sewage company requests us not to put anything into the toilet except what they politely call no. 1 and no. 2 plus toilet paper.

They are not particularly thrilled when we pour soup, milk, etc. down the kitchen sink either.

Any foodstuffs disposed of into the drains do tend to clog the sewage works' filters.

Personally, I compost the very little food wastage we have. I find it perfectly possible either not to cook larger quantities than I know we will eat in one or at the most two meals, or to freeze the surplus portions,

With rising food prices, plus the rising price of whatever source of energy we use for cooking, I think we all have to try very hard not to make more food that we know we can eat.

Don’t have food waste bin! What are they? We get provided with General Waste bin……garden rubbish bin….. and recycling bin! What IS a food waste bin?

We have an excellent food recycling system. Our cats are very fussy so any waste cat food gets put on the bird table, crows, magpies and jackdaws are quick off the mark and the food soon disappears. There is no waste and no nasty smells around. They will also scavenge other waste.