Top tips for keeping your food caddy clean
You can pick up caddy liners from the Town Hall hub between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
- Using a liner (or a plastic bag) in your caddy avoids liquids and mush from getting stuck in the corners and rotting away. Trust us, you don't want the smell of rotting food pervading your kitchen and home. Our crews may not take the caddy if the food is loose, the splash back from caddies like this is very unpleasant!!
- Keep the lid of both your kitchen caddy and kerbside caddy shut at all times, this will stop fruit flies and other winged insects from getting in and odours from getting out
- Leave tea bags, coffee grinds and anything else that is hot to cool off before putting them in your indoor caddy. If it gets hot and steamy, it will create extra moisture and will encourage fruit flies, germs thrive in heat
- Rinse out regularly with boiling water and salt. Lemon juice is a natural odour remover and will help to kill any germs that may be lurking
- Empty your kitchen caddy liner regularly or as soon as it is full (don't overfill), tie it in a knot, before putting into your kerbside caddy, this will help with mould that could form when food starts to break down. Make sure you carry your kitchen caddy outside once you are ready to transfer it to the kerbside caddy, this will prevent any spillages, or even the bag from splitting!
- Save your kitchen from bad smells. Put stinky scraps like meat, fish or bones into a liner, and put it in your kerbside caddy straight away, this can help prevent flies and maggots finding their way inside your home. Don't forget to check your kerbside caddy for maggots from time to time, our crews will not take your kerbside caddy if maggots are present. If these nasties make an appearance, you can get rid of them by using boiling water and vinegar, and also bleach
- Keep out of direct sunlight when hot, as heat can speed up smells, and hot weather makes the food decompose much faster
- Put your kerbside caddy out every week for collection, even if it's only half full
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Last modified on 25 September 2024