On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:29:17 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote:

But why would anyone need a bonfire? We haven't had one for as long as I
can remember and just take stuff to our compost bins on our allotment or
to the Council Recycling Centre, job done.

If you don't have transport or an allotment? Could have their own
compost bin of course, but I'd not be happy putting ragwort, thistle,
dock in our bin, it doesn't really rot down very well. Own compost
bin is somewhere to put kitchen waste as well. But I guess people
shove their kitchen peelings etc in the general waste hence the fuss
about "smelly bins"...

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

We have one neighbour that seems to always choose the warmest evening,
when everyone has their windows open and washing out, to light a fire
and it is always the smokiest and revoltingly smelliest fire you can
imagine.

I know that well. When we lived on an estate in St Albans any half
decent summer evening would be ruined by the air being filled with
smoke and the stench of dead animals being cremated.
--
Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote:

But why would anyone need a bonfire? We haven't had one for as long as I
can remember and just take stuff to our compost bins on our allotment or
to the Council Recycling Centre, job done.

If you don't have transport or an allotment? Could have their own
compost bin of course, but I'd not be happy putting ragwort, thistle,
dock in our bin, it doesn't really rot down very well. Own compost
bin is somewhere to put kitchen waste as well. But I guess people
shove their kitchen peelings etc in the general waste hence the fuss
about "smelly bins"...

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...


We have Green Waste collections but you have to pay for them. At least you
pay for the special bags or large brown bins. If someone has the space for a
bonfire they have space for a proper compost bin or two and they could put
the money they save on collection towards a shredder.

We have one neighbour that seems to always choose the warmest evening,
when everyone has their windows open and washing out, to light a fire
and it is always the smokiest and revoltingly smelliest fire you can
imagine.

I know that well. When we lived on an estate in St Albans any half
decent summer evening would be ruined by the air being filled with
smoke and the stench of dead animals being cremated.

If only it was a BBQ, this guy makes the smell and chocking smoke from hell.
Yes he does have a car and the tip is only two miles away, he also uses part
of his large back garden as an "allotment" so must have compost bins. We,
his neighbours, have decided he does it deliberately but then we all decided
he was a total B many years ago but that is another story.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

Some councils offer green waste collection free. Mine offers a brown bin
the size of a wheelie bin for £16/year collected once a fortnight. I could
fill that in one day!
I do a lot of composting but very occasionally I have a bonfire in an
incinerator, which as I said before is so far down my garden that no-one
even notices AFAIK.
Never had any complaints anyway.
Tina

In message , Christina Websell
writes

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

Some councils offer green waste collection free. Mine offers a brown bin
the size of a wheelie bin for £16/year collected once a fortnight. I could
fill that in one day!
Ours is "free"
I do a lot of composting but very occasionally I have a bonfire in an
incinerator, which as I said before is so far down my garden that no-one
even notices AFAIK.
Whether a bonfire is ant-social depends very much on proximity of
neighbours. For that reason we never have one. Compost, brown bin or off
to the Garden Waste skip at the local tip.

Never had any complaints anyway.
Tina



Just because they haven't complained doesn't mean they're not unhappy.
--
bert

On 25/07/2013 16:51, bert wrote:
In message , Christina Websell
writes

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

Some councils offer green waste collection free. Mine offers a brown bin
the size of a wheelie bin for £16/year collected once a fortnight. I
could
fill that in one day!
Ours is "free"
I do a lot of composting but very occasionally I have a bonfire in an
incinerator, which as I said before is so far down my garden that no-one
even notices AFAIK.
Whether a bonfire is ant-social depends very much on proximity of
neighbours. For that reason we never have one. Compost, brown bin or off
to the Garden Waste skip at the local tip.

Never had any complaints anyway.
Tina



Just because they haven't complained doesn't mean they're not unhappy.

If they complain just curse and say you forgot the herrings you were
going to make kippers out of.