"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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On 11/11/2012 17:46, Sue wrote:

As regards using fallen leaves in streets and parks - do councils want
to reduce costs and get people to recycle more stuff or not? They're
always on at everyone to compost as much at home as possible. There must
be more serious problems to worry their little jobsworth heads about
than a few folk making some leaf mould from trees they paid for
themselves via the rates.


Probably some jobsworth who is afraid someone will pick up a disease from
any dog faeces in the leaf litter and sue the council. The UK is health
and safety / litigation mad.

In Bournemouth (IIRC) the risk was given as the possibility of needles being
contained with the leaves, so everyone would stab themselves and die of
AIDS/hepatitis/whatever.

We need a return to the concept of "at your own risk".

Steve