"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Jeßus" wrote:
>> > So problem solved then.
>>
>> Hardly. I have to smell the stink each time I open the bin! I have had
>> problems with fruit flies before but never this.
>
> So how often do they pick up your trash (bio-bin), Julie? You said you
> are supposed to compost it but then you said you didn't have to do
> that. ?

The food waste is to be composted but we do not have to have our own compost
pile. If we do not have our own (and from the looks of it, no one does), we
are to put it in the green bin and it is picked up weekly.

This is not normally a problem but we are having freak hot weather and it's
only getting worse. Farmer's Almanac said it was to be cooler than usual
with a high of 67. It is 84 today and will be in, over or around the 90's
for the next 10 days. That is highly unusual for this area. If we do get
that kind of heat it is not usually until August, aside from a rare day here
and there.

I know I have read about people in hot areas putting food waste in the
freezer until trash day but I don't have the space to do that. I think it
is the heat that is causing things to ferment. We don't normally go through
fruit like we are now either.