Subsidised compost bins from £8

topicalcat

I am a volunteer Master Composter working with Leicestershire County Council who are one of the most proactive Councils in the country when it comes to waste management . I visit shows round the county doing displays of composting products on behalf of my County Council.

Please note, those of you who live in Leicestershire that whilst the RECYCLENOW offers on the Black Daleks end 30th September, Leicestershire County Council will continue to promote and subsidise some very good deals via www greencone.com (offers might apply elsewhere in the country so try the site & key in your post code to see.

Wormery £39.95 (better than the £99 mentioned), Greencone £7.50 (reduced from £29.05 DELIVERED & FITTED! Green Johanna Bin £39.95 reduced from £54.95 (this is a much better quality bin than a Dalek AND it can compost cooked food waste. Bokashi Bin £14.95 & Komp 250 bin £19.95.

My local garden centre does not sell compost bins, they say they can not compete with the County Council offers.

PS if you live in Leicestershire & join their Rot-a-Lot club they will send you a free kitchen waste caddy. Ring them on 0116 305 0001 or look at the web site www leics.gov.uk/waste or email them on [EMAIL="compost@leics.gov.uk"]compost@leics.gov.uk[/EMAIL]

ktj

Hi,
Does anyone know why, if you order 2 compost bins, you have to pay two lots of delivery charge? :money::money::money::money::money:
Also does anyone know if these bins have a base?

Thanks in advance. ktj.

hopefulshell07

I am so happy mine is free and free p&p as well from my local council!!
But you can only order from the site up until the 30th September, so hurry and order yours.

topicalcat

If its a Blackwall Dalek then there is no base. Not a problem as long as you do not have a vermin problem. If you want one with a base, get a Green Johanana which technically is a Waste Digester not a compost bin even though it looks just like a compost bin. You can then compost cooked food waste without fear of vermin. It costs more than a Dalek but its much better quality & also looks better.

A._Badger

topicalcat wrote: »

I am a volunteer Master Composter working with Leicestershire County Council who are one of the most proactive Councils in the country when it comes to waste management . I visit shows round the county doing displays of composting products on behalf of my County Council.

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Wormery £39.95 (better than the £99 mentioned), Greencone £7.50 (reduced from £29.05 DELIVERED & FITTED! Green Johanna Bin £39.95 reduced from £54.95 (this is a much better quality bin than a Dalek AND it can compost cooked food waste. Bokashi Bin £14.95 & Komp 250 bin £19.95.

My local garden centre does not sell compost bins, they say they can not compete with the County Council offers.

Don't all get too excited. I have one of these much-vaunted Green Johnnas and think it rather poor. It's made of flimsy plastic, screwed together in sections. This is a significant point of weakness in the design. Someone tried to move mine while working in the garden and it distorted in such a way that it can't be screwed back together again.

The only reason it is claimed to be able to digest food waste is because it has a plastic grille at the bottom which (in theory) prevents beastie ingress. As a composter it is no better than anything else I have used and worse than some.

Incidentally, does anyone else think it a bit rum that a council is proud to be doing local tradesmen out of business? I presume they are still expected to pay business rates?

topicalcat

A._Badger wrote: »

Don't all get too excited. I have one of these much-vaunted Green Johnnas and think it rather poor. It's made of flimsy plastic, screwed together in sections. This is a significant point of weakness in the design. Someone tried to move mine while working in the garden and it distorted in such a way that it can't be screwed back together again.

The only reason it is claimed to be able to digest food waste is because it has a plastic grille at the bottom which (in theory) prevents beastie ingress. As a composter it is no better than anything else I have used and worse than some.

Incidentally, does anyone else think it a bit rum that a council is proud to be doing local tradesmen out of business? I presume they are still expected to pay business rates?

I am surprised, I have been using 2 Green Johanana's for some time now, and I disagree that they are poor quality, sounds like the person who moved your bin was rather clumsy, did he empty it first?

topicalcat

topicalcat wrote: »

I am surprised, I have been using 2 Green Johanana's for some time now, and I disagree that they are poor quality, sounds like the person who moved your bin was rather clumsy, did he empty it first?

The point of the exercise is to save you and me as ratepayers money by cutting the landfill tax the council has to pay. The more stuff that councils persuade us to compost at home the less landfill tax they pay. Call it bribing us with our own money but it needs doing and my local garden centre is quite relaxed about not selling bins.

Ker_ching_2

Just placed my order - got one for free!!!! :j:T:j

thanks for the tip

fairyknoll

Just ordered 2-thanks for yet another money saving tip

A._Badger

topicalcat wrote: »

I am surprised, I have been using 2 Green Johanana's for some time now, and I disagree that they are poor quality, sounds like the person who moved your bin was rather clumsy, did he empty it first?

The fault lies in the design. In a normal plastic compost bin, which does not have the rings held in place by small metal screws, you could simply roll it slightly to move it. I don't blame the chap who moved it to get at my fence at all. A more substantial bin (I've had several over the years) would have been fine.

Interestingly, when our local council's compost guru called me, while conducting a survey to see how people were getting on with our bins, and I mentioned this, he didn't seem at all surprised. He was also in agreement about the silly lollipop stick they send you to stir the thing. That can only have been designed by someone who has never used one.

I can't imagine why they are being promoted so heavily by some councils, when there really is nothing special to recommend them, other than the grille at the base.