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New brown food bin Country Clean

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  • 19-06-2014 9:25am
    #1
    dewdrop
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭


    Recently got above with a helpful instruction letter re use, Wondering if people who have been using this required facility have any tips on making its operation easy to manage.


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    #2
    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Milly33


    There was a whole other thread on this if you look it up there were a few tips on it..I for one have given up I used all the bags they gave and I aint forking out for more..


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    TheChizler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,455 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    Milly33 wrote: »
    There was a whole other thread on this if you look it up there were a few tips on it..I for one have given up I used all the bags they gave and I aint forking out for more..
    Going to carry on here as I presume it will be merged...

    You can use up to two sheets of newspaper as an alternative to the bag.


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    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Milly33


    Ah that was one of them the newspaper, good tip alright.. it is just the smell and the flies and then they don't empty the bins properly so all the crap is left behind in the end of it..I would do it now if I thought they were doing it proplery but I have no faith


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    TheChizler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,455 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    Was greeted by a pile of fat maggots at the end of the larger brown bin after it was "emptied" the other day. Working up the courage to tackle it!

    In fairness it did go 4 weeks in the sun with meat in it, as the other apartments have yet to take their turns to put out the bins. I don't think the smell was too bad while it was closed, so happy to continue to use it for now.


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    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,515 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I had mine out this week with the normal bin, they collected the normal bin and left the brown bin. Needless to say the contents went into the normal bin........


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    TheChizler wrote: »
    Was greeted by a pile of fat maggots at the end of the larger brown bin after it was "emptied" the other day. Working up the courage to tackle it!

    In fairness it did go 4 weeks in the sun with meat in it, as the other apartments have yet to take their turns to put out the bins. I don't think the smell was too bad while it was closed, so happy to continue to use it for now.

    Bleach, hot water and something to swish it around. as long as there is nothing large or solid in it, it should go down an out door drain fairly handy. Do it before the maggots become sentient!


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    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 36,118 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    You have to use a bin liner Shirley .


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    #9
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Got a letter from Greenstar today and they say bio-degradable bags are ok.

    Have to pay a €30 deposit for the bin.


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    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    Ugh -GROSS!! I refuse to use mine. Collecting the food waste every two weeks in this weather isn't doing it for me...


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    aujopimur
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Get a dog, problem solved.


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    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    aujopimur wrote: »
    Get a dog, problem solved.

    Unless you have a dog like mine. He loves everything, but everything does not love him! He has a sensitive tum and costs us a small fortune to feed...

    He's only a Shih Tzu!


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    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Milly33


    mikeym wrote: »
    Got a letter from Greenstar today and they say bio-degradable bags are ok.

    Have to pay a €30 deposit for the bin.

    That's odd as County Clean say you cant use them has to be these flimsy paper ones...


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    Boots234
    Registered Users Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭Boots234


    mikeym wrote: »
    Got a letter from Greenstar today and they say bio-degradable bags are ok.

    Have to pay a €30 deposit for the bin.

    We got that letter too, any idea where to get the bags or how much they are?


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    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Boots234 wrote: »
    We got that letter too, any idea where to get the bags or how much they are?

    I can get them for free at work :D


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    bladebrew
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    Boots234 wrote: »
    We got that letter too, any idea where to get the bags or how much they are?
    You can buy them in Dunnes, they are in with the small binliners, they are a light green colour, they are way better than the paper bags/newspaper, not to expensive but I don't know how much exactly!


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