We have a van so get a permit for 12 visits a year but never use them all. No extra charge for anything but they don’t recycle plastic which is annoying
You could always try Freecycle or Gumtree. l have seen posts where people have soil to give away. Some post pointing out that the soil needs to be dug out and bagged up. You could offer to supply bags perhaps. You might be surprised how many people are willing to come and dig for their own soil when it's being given away.
Lucky you 😊. The majority of councils have recently introduced charges for the disposal of rubble/DIY waste etc.
Our council actually got rid of charges (for everything except tyres) back in 2017. Quite surprising I suppose given the financial climate, but perhaps that works out cheaper than cleaning up after fly tippers?
I think that rather learning from other LAs experience they keep re-inventing the wheel 🙄 Local press reports across the country indicate that flytipping increases when charges are introduced ... but in the current climate councils are struggling to maintain essential services and every decision taken is budget led and short-termist. They have no other choice 😠
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm late seeing this thread, but @kizzycat20171993, if you're moving a lot of soil, make sure you don't take off all your good topsoil and leave just subsoil to plant in. Depending where you are the topsoil could be as little as 6 inches or as much as a few feet, and the subsoil might be a different colour or texture, with no organic matter (for example, the subsoil here is like red builders sand).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I recently had a heap of soil after levelling out the ground for my new greenhouse. I sieved it through a garden riddle and used it as top dressing on the lawn. I've a small garden, the grass is only 12ft square and a good chunk of the heap was gone in a flash.
The remaining half has been bagged up in some old compost bags and will be used to fill a couple of largeish new planting boxes. If there's any left at the end of the season I'll probably mix it with some sharp sand for an Autumn top dressing. I never throw away topsoil 😄.
At our dump you are restricted to how many times a week you can visit, if your number plate comes up too often you get a letter. The tip is only open for shorter periods ( cost cutting) and a second one was closed completely. And they wonder why they get fly tipping.
When we dug our pond we had a heap of soil ... we stored it in a corner and just a few years later it’s all been used up ... over time we’ve mixed it with garden compost and manure and used it in raised beds and large containers and added it to the veg plot. Jolly useful stuff. 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our tip charge £2.50 each item/bag, we recently took a toilet pan, the cistern a hand basin and the pedestal, they wanted £10.00 to dump, we brought it back home again.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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You might be surprised how many people are willing to come and dig for their own soil when it's being given away.
Local press reports across the country indicate that flytipping increases when charges are introduced ... but in the current climate councils are struggling to maintain essential services and every decision taken is budget led and short-termist. They have no other choice 😠
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've a small garden, the grass is only 12ft square and a good chunk of the heap was gone in a flash.
The remaining half has been bagged up in some old compost bags and will be used to fill a couple of largeish new planting boxes. If there's any left at the end of the season I'll probably mix it with some sharp sand for an Autumn top dressing.
I never throw away topsoil 😄.
Jolly useful stuff. 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.