New estate- with communal gardens- council questions

poppysarah

Any tender for gardening work would have to go to the lowest bidder - something you need to get into the gossip chain.
Also let it slip someone has pictures of the forementioned nasty-piece-of-work tipping his own waste into council bins. (That's almost certainly against the waste management rules) - - play dirty to beat dirty. Get someone to show some pics round (holiday snaps will do) - or better still aquire pics of him doing it.

You could get a rule in that no company owned by someone living on the area can tender for the work?

I hate snidey people who think it's ok to stir in this way for their own profit.

You do need to speak to someone who knows the law about composting to check that you won't be break rules by bringing cuttings from communal land onto your own land - bins might be needed to be placed on communal land. The laws are really stupid I know but worth making sure you won't be in trouble for anything.
And it'll stop people sniping at you in the future.

You're a good person for giving up time to do this sort of thing - don't let selfish people put you off.

ethansmum

Thanks for your help (and kind words!), I really appreciate your advice.

Hatster

It doesn't sound like you'd be producing green material that's suitable for composting on its own. You're saying that it's grass clippings and weeds - actually you'll then (if you don't add in other materials to balance it) end up with a mixture that's overly high in nitrogen, so that it won't break down into compost, but will instead go green, slimy and smelly. Ugh! Also it will be full of weeds, and in a small home composter, it won't get hot enough to destroy the weed seeds and roots.
On the other hand, grass clippings can make a great mulch to put on the borders to keep down the weeds. Just spread them thickly on the borders, and they will form a mat which keeps the light off the weed seeds and stops them germinating.