It just means that at some point a fly has laid eggs on something that is now in there. It could have landed on waste on a plate before it got to the bin, or on the lid or in the bin while open.If you don't like the look of them just put a piece of newspaper across the top. When the bin has been emptied by the collectors make sure that you wash it out well - not forgetting the lid. Thank your lucky stars it is just this size of bin you are washing out - a nose-high smelly, taller-and-fatter than you are, maggoty wheelie bin is a very different proposition! I've tried it.Try and keep your bin in the shade. The eggs hatch quicker in warm weather. (I actually keep mine indoors under the sink and don't use a caddy.) Try and wrap anything particularly smelly in a sheet of newspaper fish-and-chips style or in a paper bag eg prawns! Lining the bin with newspaper stops the contents from sticking to the sides and bottom of the bin and makes for easier emptying. Always try and rinse if not wash out after emptying.I think they've made a great improvement to our waste collection - no more smelly, drippy, black sacks of great interest to rats, cats, foxes and scavenging birds.We can recycle so much that we can go months without a residual waste collection but we'd struggle without our recycling collection - including the weekly food waste. We missed a week last week because we weren't here on collection day. So we've two weeks of food waste this week. I will be squawking if they don't collect!
Philippa Bond ● 4629d