Using wheelie bin as compost bin

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• Gail_68 Posts: 38

  January 2019

  Kitty 2 said:

  Gail_68 said:

  Hi members i'm knew here  
  
  

  Hi @Gail_68 🙋. Welcome to the forum.
  

  Thank you Kitty and nice to know you 
  

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• Clip Posts: 13

  January 2019

  I have 2 old wheelie bins for compost. A few holes drilled in bottom and empty them out ever Xmas time. Ideal 

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• Gail_68 Posts: 38

  January 2019

  Hello @Graemejohnson39 good idea and i'm also new myself 

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• gpgregpearceePHQuCYE Posts: 1

  January 2023

  I have 4 wheelie bins for compost off of facebook marketplace drilled holes in the bottom and access door cut at the bottom front panel 👍

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• StephenSouthwest Posts: 635

  January 2023

  I use wheelie bins for:
  

  -pernicious weeds, which will later go on the compost heap
  

  -chippings/shreddings
  

  -Somewhere for the neighbours to put their garden waste, which will then become my chippings/shreddings
  

  
  

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• SalixGold Posts: 450

  January 2023

  I think wheelie bins would be very fine as compost bins with fairly large drainage holes drilled in the bottom. The only trickiness is that you might need to stand on a box to reach in to mix it or see how it's doing.
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  January 2023

  I think you'd just need the room to tip it out for turning/using @Quartz. It's the only real drawback, although they're also quite big, so you need enough material to fill and leave it, unless you have room for a couple of them etc . 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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