Garden waste.

We've just had a very high hedge clipped and the cuttings would fill about 30 bin bags.
Don't know what to do with it.

What do you do with your garden waste?

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Huge compost bins and a petrol shredder

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Take them to the recycling tip 5 miles away which often requires a couple of trips .

Soft stuff like grass cuttings go in the compost bin .

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I have SIX compost containers and they serve me well. All garden and kitchen waste goes in there except for animal waste and woody waste. The compost is dug into my garden in autumn and that's why I get good crops.

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We have garden waste collection every two weeks. I would put a bit out at a time. A bonfire? Tip? When I have my hedge clipped the person disposes of the clippings for me.

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The garden waste collections around here are one wheely bin a month and cost £65 a year

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We have green bags, which take almost as much as a wheely bin. I have two, somehow I gained one! They do get blown around, when empty, in gales. People don't claim them. It is part of our normal collection. One week household waste and garden waste. The next week recycling. It is so different wherever you live. We are very limited on recycling. My daughter, in South Wales is able to recycle virtually everything.

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Some people in our area do have a garden waste bin but my hubby wouldn't have one because we had to pay for it. He's a right meanie and I can't change him!
He plans on bagging it all up and putting a bag a week in the normal dustbin - it will be next spring before we've got shut of it at that rate!!

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Carol don't you have a council tip nearby where you can take a few bags at a time .
Our council will not take garden waste in the normal collection, if they find any in your waste they will leave it behind. The garden waste at the tip goes into big skips and recycled for compost.

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Hi Meg - Ours won't take it in the normal collection either. It would have to be hidden inside a black bag and then normal rubbish piled on top of it. He'll do anything to get away without paying! lol
There is a tip a few miles away. I'll make enquiries to see if they take garden waste..