Broadback wrote:
I have Googled for this but there seems a conflict of opinions. Having
cut down three quite large ivy can I simply shred them and chuck them in
the compost?

When I want to compost 'bad weeds' or worried one plant I want to get
rid off would spread in my compost I let them dry until they're
completely dead (I have a dry corner in my veranda which I use for this
at home - on the lotty it's a pile on a piece of old carpet). I
concider Ivy to be a 'bad weed' for my compost - and I let it dry
entirely before chucking it in my compost. HTH