"Vortex" wrote in message
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Hi,

A few months ago our local authority switched to bi-weekly refuse
collection.

One of the unpleasant consequences of this is that our bin seems to have
become permanent home to large numbers of unpleasant maggots....and the
bi-weekly collection ensures some of them become flies.

Can anybody suggest an inexpensive way of controlling/killing them?

I thought a dribble of creosote over the bin contents would make the
environment pretty hostile inside the bin.

Make sure that all meat products are put into plastic bags so the flies
cannot get at them to lay the eggs in the first place.

If you find any maggots in the bin, you can spray them with fly spray, which
kills them instantly.



David