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Maggots in my Wirral wheelie
3:44pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
Despite disinfectant, bleach, pressure washing and bagging all waste our wheelie bin is overflowing with maggots.
The house is infested with bluebottles despite having the bin far away.
This is a terrible health hazard and disgusting.
Cannot the weekly bin emptying be resumed during the summer months?
We pay for a service from our council and are not receiving it.
Mrs C Jones by email.
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Spiffy, Wallasey says...
7:30pm Thu 9 Jul 09
My bin is rarely cleaned because frankly it just doesnt get dirty. Dusty maybe but since everything in it is bagged up - and just the usual twist and tie method with bog-standard bin bags - there is never anything else in it but dust and bags.
I've never had maggots either. S'not fair.
King Tut, Wirral says...
10:34pm Thu 9 Jul 09
piggymalone, wirral says...
10:52pm Sat 11 Jul 09
kids3, new brighton says...
9:04am Sun 12 Jul 09
What do they think we are?, Birkenhead says...
7:29pm Sun 12 Jul 09
The bin was emptied day before, and cleaned out.
Waste is double bagged anyway, but where did they come from if there was no waste, no residue left in bin?
The maggots were not even coming from the direction of the bin area. They were coming from all kinds of other directions, but gladly the rain we had must have drowned them.
Its an issue that needs addressing, many folk are suffering with this problem, even if King Tut, Spiffy and Mercury are not victims.
Spiffy, Wallasey says...
8:32pm Mon 13 Jul 09
when I moved into my house there was torrential rain one night and then tons of maggots started dropping out of the top of the rotting back window frame rolling down glass outside. It was like something out of a horror film.
I think they will come from just about anywhere a fly has landed and laid eggs.
Unfortunately, that would appear to apply to peoples bins, even if not mine. Maybe the key is to keep the lid down ? Dunno..
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Mercury1, Wallasey says...
8:42pm Tue 7 Jul 09
I bet those pesky maggots would come if I put loads of old food in my bin instead of my compost bin (no meats or bones though). It's just not fair I don't even get maggots in my compost bin.
I might just be able to attract some if I didn't wrap up my old chicken bones in plastic before putting them in the bin.
What do we want? Maggots now!