How much should we expect to pay, for disposal/removal of 10 tonne bags of wet leaves/branches?

shinytop

It's going to be similar to what a skip that would take that amount of waste would cost.   

frogglet

I got one of these  
https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-yt623105x-2800w-230-240v-corded-blower-vac/404fg
It vacuums and mulches the leaves.
It really reduces the volume to fit in the green bin.

koalakoala

We have just done the same and paid £264 for a skip

Ectophile

fenwick458 said:

Ectophile said:

cattom said:

my grandad would of burnt it and dug the ash in to his potato patch.

Burning soggy leaves will produce a massive amount of pollution.

how will it produce more pollution compared to burning dry leaves?

Because it will burn badly and produce massive clouds of smoke.

fenwick458

Ectophile said:

fenwick458 said:

Ectophile said:

cattom said:

my grandad would of burnt it and dug the ash in to his potato patch.

Burning soggy leaves will produce a massive amount of pollution.

how will it produce more pollution compared to burning dry leaves?

Because it will burn badly and produce massive clouds of smoke.

I only have a GSCE in science, so if i'm wrong please correct me, but does the presence of moisture in leaves lead to the production of some sort of harmful gas, and if so, which gas?
anyway, if the OP has 10 x dumpy bags of leaves, then they obviously have a decent size garden, hence i find it probable they will be able to find a place to leave them in a compost heap untill they break down.

daivid

fenwick458 said:

I only have a GSCE in science, so if i'm wrong please correct me, but does the presence of moisture in leaves lead to the production of some sort of harmful gas, and if so, which gas?
anyway, if the OP has 10 x dumpy bags of leaves, then they obviously have a decent size garden, hence i find it probable they will be able to find a place to leave them in a compost heap untill they break down.

Burning wet plant matter gives off far more particulates (PM 2.5), these can cause serious respiratory problems.  Burning wet wood gives of creosote (and more PM 2.5), creosote is carcinogenic but I have no idea if it is also given off by wet leaves. Drying the plant matter means a cleaner (hotter) burn as less energy is expended boiling off moisture, the cleaner burn means less particulates as they have been combusted more completely (to co2). Burning wet matter can give off carbon monoxide though I don't see this being a problem outside.

I would agree though a heap in a corner is going to be better than burning, and if as suggested already they can borrow/hire a shredder they can reduce the size of the heap too. 

Bigphil1474

OP, my local council charges £30 to remove up to 6 bags of waste. You don't get the bags back though. If you have a garden waste bin, I'd see if you can shred it down, and get rid of it over the garden waste bin season - that's the cheapest option. Other alternative is to go to local council tip - do a few trips in your car. Our council allows vans in but only on certain days. Be careful, as they may want to charge you if they think it is commercial waste. Might be worth checking with your council as there is money in recycling garden waste. Our council uses it to make compost for their nurseries amongst other things. 

TELLIT01

getmore4less said:

Do you mean 10 bags of the 1 tonne size filled with relatively loose garden materials

Get a shredder that will be be 1-2 bags and will compost.

Anyone  near you into composting garden waste.

I'm also assuming they mean 10 bags rather than 10 tonnes.  10 tonnes would be a huge amount and there is no way they would move full bags to the front of the house.

frogglet

TELLIT01 said:

getmore4less said:

Do you mean 10 bags of the 1 tonne size filled with relatively loose garden materials

Get a shredder that will be be 1-2 bags and will compost.

Anyone  near you into composting garden waste.

I'm also assuming they mean 10 bags rather than 10 tonnes.  10 tonnes would be a huge amount and there is no way they would move full bags to the front of the house.

Think they do mean they are the builders bags which hold on average a ton of sand/stones.
I ton of leaves would be a mahoosive pile.