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organic Waste Holder

  • 23-04-2009 9:53am
    #1
    PDD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I was hoping to get some feedback or suggestions from people regarding organic waste holders. I am living in an apartment and as a result we have no brown bins (something I am trying to change) but I still feel that dumping organic waste into bins is stupid especially when there is an alternative. At the moment I am not collecting my organic waste as Ive no where to adequately store it. If I am going over to a friends who has a brown bin I will usually bring whatever organic waste I generated on the day (veg peelings from cooking, tea bags etc). So I am looking for a suitable container to be able to store maybe a weeks worth of orgnaic waste and I was hoping someone here could recommend a good option to use for holding organic waste, I have tried plastic containers with an airtight lids but there is always a build up of condensation and the smell gets pretty bad too. Ive seen ones online with activated carbon filters for the smell and powders to keep the waste dry is all of this necessary and even effective?

    Regards,

    Dave


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  • #2
    jobrok1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭jobrok1


    PDD wrote: »
    I have tried plastic containers with an airtight lids but there is always a build up of condensation and the smell gets pretty bad too.

    If you want to make it smelly then an airtight container is the way to go. Anaerobic bacteria is what’s causing the smell.

    If you don’t want it smelly, then allow for some air to get into the mix. Either keep the lid slightly open or make air holes in the lid. Also! If you can keep it outside, maybe a balcony if you’re up high, drill a couple of holes in the bottom to allow run off, as this will stink too when it pools at the bottom. When going to your friends each week, just dump it into another container without holes while traveling.
    But you could add paper, cardboard, egg cartons, saw dust, etc., which will help keep it getting too wet too.


  • #3
    kmick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    Is there any green area where you can put a compost bin? They are pretty cheap at the moment. You need a soil patch to put it on so the water can run away though. Could you approach the management company to provide it?


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