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jadey ([personal profile] jadey) wrote in [community profile] homeeconomics1012010-09-19 10:15 am
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Okay, am I the only person in the world who freezes her garbage?

Clearly not, because my mum is the person who taught me to, but I've had a few people wig when they saw frozen garbage in my freezer and now I'm trying to assure myself I'm not a complete freak.

Mum and I started doing it when we noticed that our kitchen bin was getting stinky well before trash day. Rather than empty it twice as often and store it in the big bin outside (cold in winter, lazy the rest of the time), we took some plastic milk bags and any time there was potentially smelly garbage (e.g., shrimp tails, oily napkins, chicken bones, etc.), we popped it in the freezer. It was a great solution. Now that I'm living in my own place, which doesn't have composting or even recycling (I know ;_;), it's even more vital to me to be able to keep some gunky stuff in the freezer, rather than make trips down to the outside bin all the time (lazy, and also even colder in this province).

But is this weird? Does anyone else do this?
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[personal profile] livrelibre 2010-09-19 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Not weird! I totally do this, especially as my locale makes you buy trash tags by weight and it takes me a long time to build up enough trash (vs. recycling) to put out as a single person who's not inclined to cook. Plus the cold and laziness thing:)