On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:14:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:59:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"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.
>
>I don't know why. I am not a recycling company. I know you can take the
>Styrofoam to some places but no place around here. And they tell us no
>lids.

Lids???

Here the trash company wants styrofoam in with the regular trash, not
the recyclables bin... makes me happy as they don't want a plastic bag
for the recyclables like they want for the trash and so on windy days
the styrofoam won't blow all over when they pick up to dump with that
mechanical arm. I don't have much styrofoam anyway. I'm very glad
that Amazon no longer uses those styrofoam peanuts for packing
material, very messy and would fill the entire bin... now they use
that bubble wrap with the giant bubbles, I pop them, roll the plastic
and staple the little bundle it so it takes little space. I'm the
original trash compactor, I crush all cans and plastic containers,
flatten all cartons, even small cartons from toothpaste and such gets
flattened. I bought a heavy duty stapler to bundle paper, staples 70
sheets, and I use packing tape to keep cardboard flat. I don't mind
consolidating trash, I'd rather than have to go to a larger bin. The
larger bins don't cost more but they are so large I wouldn't be able
to fit them in my garage with the car.