The municipality has not collected rubbish bags for about a week due to a strike. Here are some useful tips for refuse collection challenges and hot weather.

1. Store any foodstuff and kitchen waste in a plastic bag in the freezer.
2. Use old bread bags or any other smaller plastic bags. Keep filling with old food, peels etc – anything that will rot. By doing this, pests are not attracted to the premises.
3. On refuse collection days, take this frozen bag out of the freezer and place it into a black refuse bag before putting out for collection. By doing this you home will remain pest-free. Also, as freezing helps with the smells, monkeys tend not to strip a bag for frozen food.
4. If you have the space in your garden make a compost heap at the bottom of your garden for all your veggie peels, egg shells and other biodegradable stuff.
5. Don’t forget to recycle your plastic, tins, paper and glass.

Freezing prevents maggots, flies, ants, rats, monkeys and other pests who love food remains, getting into the black refuse bags.

If you have a spare freezer space, use it!

• Side note:  Special thanks to Cllr Tessa Perryman for these useful tips.

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