"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:00:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> Free up some space in your freezer by using some of the food in there.
> I believe you have said you have a lot of "frozen treats" that you
> keep for your family. I'd start by not replenishing that stockpile.

There isn't much food in there. There is a lot of ice. And I have the
frozen treats because it's very hot here. We need them.
>
> I have a storage container that I keep in my freezer for
> non-compostable food waste. It gets emptied into the trash every time
> I'm going to put out a bag of garbage, then the storage container gets
> washed out and put back in the freezer.

What is non-compostable food waste? Everything we have here is compostable
except for fat and I rarely ever have that.
>
> I do this because we have to pay $3 per bag of garbage going out, and
> we generate *very* little trash other than cat litter. We either
> compost or recycle everything, but you can't compost meat bones and
> scraps around here because it attracts coyotes. By freezing my meat
> scraps, I can get away with only putting out a bag of garbage once a
> month.

Bones and scraps are fine here. We do have coyotes. We generally have a
full can when my husband is home. We can't recycle lids and I often get
things like Styrofoam that I can't recycle.