"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:51:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:56:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>I haven't really had this problem before. Not that I can recall anyway.
>>>>As
>>>>I have said before, we are required to compost food scraps now and I
>>>>don't
>>>>have a compost pile or need or want one so I put the scraps in the yard
>>>>waste bin. But we are having a long stretch of unseasonable hot
>>>>weather!
>>>>
>>>>I attempted to clean the bin out last week because the super wet grass
>>>>clippings made it smell like a cow pasture. But today it smelled like
>>>>liquor! Most of what was stuck to the bottom was lemon rinds/slices and
>>>>other fruit/vegetable scraps. I've been making a lot of smoothies and
>>>>lemon
>>>>water. I also tossed out some candy that I bought for myself only to
>>>>discover that I couldn't eat it and nobody else I know likes it.
>>>>They're
>>>>organic candies that are akin to gum drops. And while the candies
>>>>themselves do not contain corn, they put cornstarch in the molds so that
>>>>the
>>>>candies will plop out easier. The candies are covered in sugar
>>>>crystals.
>>>>Could the sugary candy have been the culprit here?
>>>>
>>>>I should also add that while we are supposed to put the food in Biobags,
>>>>I
>>>>don't always do that. Reason being, wet foods will eat through a Biobag
>>>>so
>>>>quickly that I can't always get it out to the bin before I have a hole
>>>>in
>>>>the bag. So those wet lemon rinds and slices went right straight in
>>>>there.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone have any suggestions? Trying to dump the remains of the bin out
>>>>and
>>>>washing it out are not working for me as someone else who lives here
>>>>will
>>>>just put the stuff right back in the bin and close the lid.
>>>
>>> Add and mix some shredded newspaper or cardboard, dry leaves or other
>>> dry material throughout all the wet stuff. Maybe buy a bag of lime and
>>> throw a handful into the compost each time you throw a bucket of
>>> scraps in there - that will help. I've no idea what 'biobags' are, or
>>> whether they make my advice redundant or not. The basic problem is a
>>> lack of aeration - all that wet food and grass cuttings can't
>>> decompose due to lack of air flow and can't get rid of the moisture.
>>
>>I have no newspaper and am not going to buy it. I also don't think I can
>>put that in there or cardboard, unless I have a pizza box and I rarely
>>have
>>one of those. Biobags are biodegradable bags. And there wouldn't be any
>>aeration in a bin like this. It's merely a waste bin. Not a compost
>>heap.
>>Not sure I can put lime in there either but I will check. That would be
>>really bad if I have to buy that on top of the Biobags just to get rid of
>>stuff.
>
> Yep. Nice work.

I am doing what we are supposed to do. All of my neighbors use those bins.