Overview
- UK consumer outlets on Thursday highlighted advice from Lomi’s Rose Pogoy to swap plastic bin bags for biodegradable, more porous bags.
- She says plastic traps evaporated moisture from rotting food, creating the damp conditions and smells that attract flies to bins.
- The guidance adds that lining the bin base with newspaper or cardboard soaks up drips and helps keep the bin dry and easier to clean.
- Kitchen and wheelie bins hold residue that releases odors flies can detect from far away, making them common breeding sites in warm weather.
- Flies begin laying eggs in late April in the UK, with batches of about 150 hatching in roughly 24 hours, which can quickly lead to maggots.