Mine's rarely got a lot in it, just things like perennial weed roots and any thick shrub roots because I compost a lot, so although I could afford to pay extra, I probably wouldn't.
Yep, that sums it up for us too. We live in the same area as @kate.james58 so charges have already started here. We've bought a very large refuse sack that fits snugly inside our green bin and when that's near full I'll yank it out and take a trip to the tip. But now that I've set up much bigger compost bays I'll not be quite so selective what I try to compost. I used to put the lawn mowings in the green bin during dandelion season but not any more - I'll take my chances.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I try to use my garden waste bin every week of the year, which I find quite a good discipline - little and often. I don't compost woody waste, which is quite a lot of what I produce (hedge clippings etc). My compost area is small and I don't have a shredder.
Our area is over half resentful council tenants who feel squeezed at every turn. Some lobbied for everyone to boycott the bins out of protest. To some degree it worked. As I mentioned, there are quite a few small one bed flats and garden bins just don't fit outside.
I think @JennyJ is right about an upsurge in fly-tipping. Can't believe our LA is planning to close two of our local household waste recycling centres in the same year they start charging for household green waste collection
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I still don't see the problem. Gardening is a lifestyle choice. It's not a matter of public health. If gardens return to the wild because gardeners stop gardening maybe that's better for wildlife.
Its £45 here plus £30 for every extra bin emptied from March to mid/end of November and one in January . I doubt the council would be able to sell on the compost with the amount of crap people put in them like plastic plant pots / anything plastic in the garden and the rest.
Surprising how many people don't have them, I know quite a lot of been putting garden waste in the general waste bins . Its usually the more well off people who refuse to pay for a garden waste bin , they pay enough in council tax is the top excuse .
My garden waste bin is collected every 3 weeks (reduced from every 2 since last year) during BST (End of April until end of October). It is included in the council tax, but that in itself if very steep (imo).
I would pay a small amount for an extra bin and/or extra collection as I can easily fill a bin weekly during Feb/March to November (largish and mature garden). I hate going to the tip now it’s ‘book a slot’.
I have a compost bin (well two - one cooking and one ready), a rough compost pile (woody or hardy stuff), a leaf box and wood/stick pile. The council bin gets the prickly stuff, excess woody stuff, ivy, seedy weeds, Yew trimmings, and excess grass clippings.
Can't believe our LA is planning to close two of our local household waste recycling centres in the same year they start charging for household green waste collection
We keep our green waste bin by the road, so that neighbours can put things in it, that we then shred and use in the garden.
Annoyingly it often gets emptied by the council, even though we don't pay the charge, don't have a sticker on it, and have 'please don't empty' written on it. Ho humm
£50 per year in Gloucester but there are no collections in December and January. Our first collection won't be until the 13th Feb, so in reality it's nearer 9 months than 10. I haven't marked the calendar up as far as November so don't know when the final collection will be.
£60 here and fortnightly collections from early March until mid November. I’m quite happy with a charge as I don’t see it as a core service, councils have much more important demands on their budgets
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Yep, that sums it up for us too. We live in the same area as @kate.james58 so charges have already started here. We've bought a very large refuse sack that fits snugly inside our green bin and when that's near full I'll yank it out and take a trip to the tip. But now that I've set up much bigger compost bays I'll not be quite so selective what I try to compost. I used to put the lawn mowings in the green bin during dandelion season but not any more - I'll take my chances.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I doubt the council would be able to sell on the compost with the amount of crap people put in them like plastic plant pots / anything plastic in the garden and the rest.
Surprising how many people don't have them, I know quite a lot of been putting garden waste in the general waste bins . Its usually the more well off people who refuse to pay for a garden waste bin , they pay enough in council tax is the top excuse .
I have a compost bin (well two - one cooking and one ready), a rough compost pile (woody or hardy stuff), a leaf box and wood/stick pile. The council bin gets the prickly stuff, excess woody stuff, ivy, seedy weeds, Yew trimmings, and excess grass clippings.
That's awful
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham