Getting rid of garden waste

abankerbutnotafatcat

Interesting reading as we have difficulty with this too.

Reigate
1 wheelie bin p/w
1 recycling box for paper and tins p/w (not glass)

You have to pay an annual fee for garden waste as someone else mentioned.
We don't have a car so we walk 10 mins with our glass to recycle that. We are not allowed to walk-in to our local 'recycling centre' (tip). So everything else we just feed bit by bit into the wheelie bin.

When we have a lot of extra stuff I.e. after gardening we actually ask our guests to take it to the tip for us!! Bit embarrassing but needs must: "hi dad, so good to see you, would you mind taking all this garden waste down to the tip in your brand new BMW!!"

cyclonebri1

1jacks64 wrote: »

I am finding it pretty interesting reading everyones views on this. Our local council actually charges us an annual fee for collecting garden waste which I think is ridiculous as surely that is why we pay our council tax. I also think that all the bins should be emptied every week as that is what we also pay our council tax for.

I am thinking of writing to the council and asking why I cannot take my tree branches to the tip as they are becuase I cannot see any regulations on their website that says I cannot take the trees as they are.

I'd guess that's because there aren't any

As said you've just got jobsworths at the front end;);)

1jacks64

davidlizard wrote: »

If your neighbours don't like bonfires then wait until bonfire night - its little over 3 months away- and burn them then. Given the large number of bonfires, ash and smoke at that time one extra bonfire is not going to make any difference. Simply keep them dry until then - they'll go up really well. Surely no one can grumble about bonfires on bonfire night!

A garden incinerator is also a good way to burn stuff - if you burn them properly, then there will be a lot of heat and very little smoke.

I think you are right about the bonfires, although as I have only just cut the confiers wont they still contain a lot of sap even by the time we get to 5th November and therefore is still a bit too soon to set them alight as that will cause a more intense fire.

1jacks64

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

If you look up the local council website re the lighting of garden rubbish/bonfires, it is surprisingly relaxed. (can only quote my area council)

No restriction of when, ie say after 7pm or at night.
The only suggestion is that it is the frequency that is the key, and 1 have a good burn up probably just twice a year. And yes, the neighbours at the rear are always grumbling even though I tell them and leave it untill dark, and always ensure it's bone dry so it burns rather than smouldering away producing tons of smoke.

The ashes go for garden fertiliser;);)

Yes, I have looked at my local council website and that says the same kind of thing as long as the fires are not too often and as long as the smoke isnt going across a highway. My neighbours complained that it was too dry for me to be having a fire saying that it hadn't rained for a long time and could therefore go out of control. Yet when I have looked on the internet the advice seems to be that it is better if it is dry as there is less smoke as you say. But I still put the fire out as I wouldn't have wanted to end up being arrested by the police.

1jacks64

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I'd guess that's because there aren't any

As said you've just got jobsworths at the front end;);)

Yes, I think you are right. I think I will write to Hampshire County Council and take it up with them. As a council tax payer I am entitled to use the facilities they provide and I do not see what grounds the member of staff had to prevent me from disposing my garden waste there. It is as though these people forget who pays their wages. They are the servants not the masters of the people.

roddydogs

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

Interesting reading as we have difficulty with this too.

Reigate
1 wheelie bin p/w
1 recycling box for paper and tins p/w (not glass)

You have to pay an annual fee for garden waste as someone else mentioned.
We don't have a car so we walk 10 mins with our glass to recycle that. We are not allowed to walk-in to our local 'recycling centre' (tip). So everything else we just feed bit by bit into the wheelie bin.

When we have a lot of extra stuff I.e. after gardening we actually ask our guests to take it to the tip for us!! Bit embarrassing but needs must: "hi dad, so good to see you, would you mind taking all this garden waste down to the tip in your brand new BMW!!"

Reigate, Surrey?, surely that comes under Reigate & Banstead Council who have just introduced 3 more bins, Food big/small & General Recycling,
an absolute pain.