A friend's apartment in Portland taught me to freeze scraps first

I was helping a friend move last month and opened their freezer to pack it. Inside was a full gallon bag of frozen veggie scraps and coffee grounds, not a single smell. They said they started doing it after their countertop bin got fruit flies one hot week. Now I keep a container in my freezer too and only add to the worm bin once a week. Has anyone else switched to freezing their scraps to cut down on bugs?

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zara_hill4615d ago

My old apartment in Seattle had a tiny freezer, so that gallon bag trick would have taken up all my ice cream space. I just used a sealed ceramic bin on the counter and never had a fruit fly issue. It feels like an extra step unless you're dealing with a serious infestation already.

cameron96314d ago

Actually thought that too until @zara_hill46 changed my mind.