Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone's stomach turn.
But a handful of city councils have embraced maggots - more formally known as fly larvae - and their taste for rotting food.
In Vilnius, capital of the Baltic state of Lithuania, fly larvae have officially been given the job of processing the 2,700 tonnes of food waste the city's 607,000 residents put out for collection each year, alongside that of the six neighbouring councils.
Energesman, the waste management company that began relieving Vilnius of its food waste earlier this year, doesn't actually charge the city for this service.
That is saving the city the city up to €2m (£1.7m; $2.3m) per year, based on a target of processing 12,000 tonnes in 2026 says the company's chief executive, Algirda Blazgys.
