I think it's a really good idea to charge people for the excess waste that they could compost at home. I wish they'd give us a rebate as we don't put anything in the bins we can't re-cycle ourselves.
I think it's a really good idea to charge people for the excess waste that they could compost at home. I wish they'd give us a rebate as we don't put anything in the bins we can't re-cycle ourselves.
Not everybody does have the ability or space to compost at home.
Our brown bin [garden/food waste] is collected weekly, all year round. It didn't used to be like that, but has been for a good number of years. It's only since 2022 that we've been getting charged - it was £40 quid, but is going to be £50 for this coming year. I didn't use it last year, so didn't pay for the service. I compost pretty much all the garden stuff, and all the kitchen stuff that's feasible [ie nothing with meat or bones ] but when I have loads of woody, thorny material, as I do just now, it's a godsend to have the council option. There's only so many branches and thicker 'trunks' I can re use, and that's mostly for little log piles or the dead hedge.
Indeed @KT53 - many people simply don't have the choices that many people take for granted.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I see that Welsh councils are considering collecting general household bins once every three weeks and that Conwy council collects every four weeks now, no doubt that the same will happen in England. I've been looking at bokashi bins but can't decide how useful one would be.
@barry island, because my general household waste bin has been missed twice consecutively (so 4 weeks worth of rubbish), and I have a medical condition which produces waste, I have recently been offered a free larger bin by the council. Your post makes me happy to have taken up the offer! It's not arrived yet though ....
I see that Welsh councils are considering collecting general household bins once every three weeks and that Conwy council collects every four weeks now, no doubt that the same will happen in England. I've been looking at bokashi bins but can't decide how useful one would be.
I live in the Conwy area and can confirm that our black bins are every four weeks. Recycling is every week though so that's very helpful. Garden bins every fortnight.
kate.james58 If the council miss our bin collection we can contact them and they come the next day and collect it, that is if the bins are out when the lorry came they do check the cameras on the lorry.
Thanks @barry island, your council must be much more efficient than mine! I have reported both missed collections. They say that they will try to come back within 5 days but in my experience they don't. However, they will collect black bags when eventually they do empty them.
kate.james58 If the council miss our bin collection we can contact them and they come the next day and collect it, that is if the bins are out when the lorry came they do check the cameras on the lorry.
Here in Norwich they also come next day if you report that they’ve missed your bin.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Not everybody does have the ability or space to compost at home.
I compost pretty much all the garden stuff, and all the kitchen stuff that's feasible [ie nothing with meat or bones ] but when I have loads of woody, thorny material, as I do just now, it's a godsend to have the council option. There's only so many branches and thicker 'trunks' I can re use, and that's mostly for little log piles or the dead hedge.
Indeed @KT53 - many people simply don't have the choices that many people take for granted.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's not arrived yet though ....
I live in the Conwy area and can confirm that our black bins are every four weeks. Recycling is every week though so that's very helpful. Garden bins every fortnight.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.