AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
It's been threatened many times on a local Facebook group. I don't believe anyone's actually done it yet.
How much does your council charge for green bin (garden waste) ?
- Thread starter Dave7
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It's been threatened many times on a local Facebook group. I don't believe anyone's actually done it yet.
Reminds me of one time my Dad went to local council office to pay the weeks rent. An old bloke came in carrying a bucket of sand when he got to the counter. He explained a council workman had left it when he'd down some repairs to his house. The women behind the counter told him to leave it in front of the counter. He then tipped the whole lot over the floor, she looked a bit shocked he then told her it was his bucket. He then calmly walked out.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
I suspect you are right, but, fly tipping has increased markedly
- Location
- Glasgow
No charge here in South Lanarkshire, we have a burgundy bin for food waste, garden waste can be uplifted in black bags.
No one in my street uses the food waste bins anymore, the smell was vile, so I have been using them to make leaf compost.
I made 3 compost bays from pallets in the field next to our communal back garden, all the neighburgs with a garden give me their waste
When land services cut the grass in the scheme, they just leave the cuttings behind, looks horrid.
Sometimes I rake it up for my compost bins
No one in my street uses the food waste bins anymore, the smell was vile, so I have been using them to make leaf compost.
I made 3 compost bays from pallets in the field next to our communal back garden, all the neighburgs with a garden give me their waste
When land services cut the grass in the scheme, they just leave the cuttings behind, looks horrid.
Sometimes I rake it up for my compost bins
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
There was someone in MK, IIRC, who dumped and elderly relative in a wheelchair in the council offices reception over a dispute over caregivers. Not ideal for the poor old boy concerned, but it's amazing how quickly the council pulled their finger out when it suddenly became a fate accompli.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Free here for the first bin, collected every fortnight throughout the year. Second bin needs to be paid for, but dunno how much it is as I've never needed one.
The advantage of living where I do, there's plenty of space to pile up stuff I don't want till it rots down. Wheelie bin typically gets used for anything spiky, conifer clippings and any small green twiggy stuff that's not suitable for kindling. Any woody stuff thicker than a thumb ends up feeding the heating.
I have a compost bin for weeds, wood ashes and kitchen peelings.
Failing that, there's the recycling centre just up the road in Witchford.
The advantage of living where I do, there's plenty of space to pile up stuff I don't want till it rots down. Wheelie bin typically gets used for anything spiky, conifer clippings and any small green twiggy stuff that's not suitable for kindling. Any woody stuff thicker than a thumb ends up feeding the heating.
I have a compost bin for weeds, wood ashes and kitchen peelings.
Failing that, there's the recycling centre just up the road in Witchford.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
It might be annoying that some councils now charge for removing garden waste but that was always a bonus for the resident. It’s not covered by your council tax and is an extra cost for the councils. Since it isn’t a statutory obligation for them to remove it, unlike household and food waste, they can charge for it.
Anyone who doesn’t want to pay can take their own garden waste to the dump at their own convenience. It’s free.
Anyone who doesn’t want to pay can take their own garden waste to the dump at their own convenience. It’s free.
And frequently dumped where it should not be.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
I think it's reasonable enough to charge for green bin emptying (ours is £56). I think it's for a collection every two weeks, but missing one around Xmas.
- Location
- Glasgow
Yes but doesn't GCC make compost to sell with the green waste collected?
Gillstay
Über Member
Yes they often do but its not an earner. Try making some and selling it. Esp when others give it you with plastic and all the rest in it.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
There have been fly-tippers and people dropping litter everywhere for years. Selfish and irresponsible people are all around us.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Sorry, I don’t know. I’m outside their catchment area.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
It is free to take it in a car
Often pedestrians and cyclists (etc) are not allowed in the dump - only cars and vans
Also - how do you get a couple of bags of garden waste to the dump without a car anyway?
and on a point about waste - if I have a green bin I just lob the grass (etc) into it and it gets taken away
To take it to the tip I need to put it into bin bags - normally takes 3 for both lawns
Hence 3 plastic bags being used that need not be
and- as said before - start charging and the amount of fly tipping rises
