On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:59:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:00:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>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.

Well then, get rid of some of the ice.

>> 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.

Non-compostable food waste is meat scraps and bones. My husband puts
all other organic waste on his compost pile.

>> 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.

Why can't you recycle styrofoam and lids? They are perfectly fine to
recycle here.

Doris