Destroying old business bank statements and receipts

Undervalued

Alfrescodave said:

Burn it in a garden incinerator making sure that neighbours are not inconvenienced. A cold damp day would be ideal when windows are closed and no one sitting/working in garden. Ash can then be put on compost pile.

Our council is urging people not to have bonfires at the moment!

Undervalued

GDB2222 said:

Can you compost old paperwork?

Yes.

Round here you are encouraged to put shredded paper in the green (i.e garden) recycling bin and forbidden from putting it in the blue (paper etc) bin. Apparently previously shredded paper in quantity can clog their paper recycling process.

Mojisola

Undervalued said:

Round here you are encouraged to put shredded paper in the green (i.e garden) recycling bin and forbidden from putting it in the blue (paper etc) bin. Apparently previously shredded paper in quantity can clog their paper recycling process.

It also reduces the quality of the end product which then isn't worth as much.

traineepensioner

You could always soak it for a day or two in a bucket of slightly soapy water. It's quite effective once the paper is scrunched up.

Niv

Undervalued said:

Alfrescodave said:

Burn it in a garden incinerator making sure that neighbours are not inconvenienced. A cold damp day would be ideal when windows are closed and no one sitting/working in garden. Ash can then be put on compost pile.

Our council is urging people not to have bonfires at the moment!

'Urging' is not against the rules / law. I would be burning it. It is a one off event and you can pick an overcast day so it does not interfere with drying washing or people using their gardens. Our council has stopped collections of green waste and closed the HWRCs, so guess what, bonfires it is - not just me either.

sarahjune1963

I have recently put a load of papers in a tub In my garden and covered with water.  Have a look on you tube there’s lots of info and instructions.  Mine is mostly a4 papers which I ripped into 4 (even smaller could be better) and I’ve been moving it around with a stick for about 3 weeks and it seems to be mulching nicely!  The idea is that after about 4/5 weeks it’s just mulch which can be put into household rubbish (or perhaps recycled but not sure about that).   

Mutton_Geoff

traineepensioner said:

You could always soak it for a day or two in a bucket of slightly soapy water. It's quite effective once the paper is scrunched up.

And you can make some paper mache models!

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/paper-mache-train-commuters-in-running-for-this-years-turner-prize-38537667.html