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[kiwigirl :O)]

who actually does it???
i dont..i have heard that there are people that go through the garbage checking to make sure the garbage has been sorted properly!
and if someone is id'd then they can be fined for not sorting it properly

[desultude]

[stumptown]

I got that idea of freezing food waste until the bag gets full from you, desultude. Now I don't waste a thing. Good advice.

[casey's moon]

Desultude, after the freezer what happens? Do you defrost it a bit so it will slide into the bin? (Here, and I assume everywhere, we aren't supposed to throw the bags with the food garbage) What size of ziploc bags are you using and how many do you go through in a week or a month?

Your idea intrigues me.... I used to use one of those red things that makes all the water drain to the bottom, but it gets stinky really fast and I literally gag when it's time to throw it out. Ewwww.

Thanks!

[stumptown]

You just dump it out after it freezes. I don't use a ziplock bag, just the standard bags you get when you buy something at the convenience store. The frozen food doesn't stick to the bag or anything like that.

[casey's moon]

[thursdays child]

Have to admit..... I don't seperate the food waste. I used to...... I should... it smells.... i'm lazy...... sheeet feel guilty. Man I miss waste disposal units in the sink.

[desultude]

Yeah, it just slides right out of the bag.

Glad to be of help!

[kiwigirl :O)]

that freezer thing is a good idea...
i dont actually have much food waste apart from like cereal that i cant finish and occasional vegetable roots etc

i think that next time i will do the freezer thing as i feel guilty for not having done that before...

i agree with thursdays child..do i miss in sink erators!!!!

[jaderedux]

[casey's moon]

[Lizara]

I don't have that much food waste anyway. In my current apartment nobody seems to care what goes in my garbage. Last year the security ajosshi would go through everything and we'd get in trouble if we had anything in the wrong bin. I quickly learned to use those little black plastic bags you get from convenience stores to hide anything troublesome. I still do it; if nothing else, you can tie them up so things smell a lot less in the interval between when you throw them away and when you take out the trash.

[JongnoGuru]

My political views are normally about two small steps to the Left of Genghis Khan and it should grate on my small-government sensibilities to have the authorities meddle in something as personal as people's garbage. But this is the great exception, the one instance where I say "Meddle away!" I'm prepared to fight with my fists for a system of carrot & stick (literally, a big wooden stick) applied with tremendous force to the backsides of people (and posters) who don't comply with Korea's nitpicky garbage-separation rules. It seems the threat of fines aren't enough, so lay on the cane.

[ChopChaeJoe]