On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:55:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Other people round by 'ere pay the council £35 to have a green wheely
bin emptied every couple of weeks in the summer.

PAY! Surely disposal of household waste is a cost than comes out of
your Council Tax. The only waste disposal we might(*) have to pay
extra for is "bulky items".

(*) Amazing how well "bulky items" come apart to fit into the
ordinary bin bag. Couple of single divan beds and sofas have gone
that way.

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Cheers
Dave.

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:16:01 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

Other people round by 'ere pay the council £35 to have a green wheely
bin emptied every couple of weeks in the summer.

PAY! Surely disposal of household waste is a cost than comes out of
your Council Tax. The only waste disposal we might(*) have to pay
extra for is "bulky items".

Wiltshire Council is about to start a consultation on 3 options for a
change to 'green bin' garden waste collections, which are currently
free. Option 1 - no green bin collections Dec/Jan/Feb
Option 2 - no green bin collections November to March inclusive
Option 3 - to charge - the website previously mentioned £35/wheelie
bin, but the amount has been written out.

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Gardening on Wilts/Somerset border
on slightly alkaline clay underlying soil worked for many decades.

On Monday, June 23, 2014 9:16:01 PM UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:

Other people round by 'ere pay the council £35 to have a green wheely
bin emptied every couple of weeks in the summer.

PAY! Surely disposal of household waste is a cost than comes out of
your Council Tax. The only waste disposal we might(*) have to pay
extra for is "bulky items".

in South Kesteven Household waste is limited to one black landfill wheely bin per fortnight, and one grey recycling bin ditto. We are allowed overspill boxes on the recycling day, because they get a bung from the government the more stuff the "recycle". The limit on the black landful bin is absolute: if the lid is even slightly raised they won't take it at all.

Garden waste has never been permitted, even back in the halcyon days of the 1950s and Kesteven County council.

The green recycling bins were introduced a few years ago, and the contents are allegedly shredded and composted, though glod alone knows where. When "austerity" was introduced they slapped on an annual charge for it.

There is a local dump which also takes compostable material as one of the sorting options. It has been closed for 3 days a week to save money.

Just as an aside, really ...
having used, for the last 3 years, a mulching mower (a ride-on, on a
large area of grass, as opposed to a lawn), I personally would never buy
a mulcher now.

As I've said before here (I think): it's a great idea for climates where
there are regular long, warm, dry periods, but in this damp country
(especially here Oop North) the clippings do not mulch properly, and --
basically -- make a bloody mess!

But hey: maybe you live in the South East where they get the best of
British summers (as well)!

I don't think you've said how big your lawn(s) will be[1], but if
it/they will be quite big, I'd go for a self-drive mower that has a
large collection bin. And as I've definitely said here befo
"everybody says 'Go Honda'" (where 'everybody' means professional
gardeners that I've asked about mowers).

And I'd make a lovely big compost heap in a hidden corner of the garden:
very satisfying, compost, and a great, cheap, way to get rid of all
garden waste[2].

2p
John

[1] Well, you said 1/4 acre, but is that the garden, or the lawn itself?
[2] Except perennial weeds of course

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:09:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Other people round by 'ere pay the council £35 to have a green
wheely
bin emptied every couple of weeks in the summer.

PAY! Surely disposal of household waste is a cost than comes out
of
your Council Tax. The only waste disposal we might(*) have to pay
extra for is "bulky items".

in South Kesteven Household waste is limited to one black landfill
wheely bin per fortnight,

Eden District. Weekly collection of the blue bag. aka ordinary
household waste. Fortnightly collection of the "green box",
paper/card, metal, glass & hard plastics. As that list covers nearly
everything we throw out the blue bag only goes out once a fortnight
and even then it's only half full consisting almost entirely of
plastic films of one sort or another. Garden waste is a green wheely
bin fortnighly through the summer, monthly in the winter (Dec, Jan,
Feb).

The limit on the black landful bin is absolute: if the lid is even
slightly raised they won't take it at all.

Don't have wheelie bins, except for the garden waste, slows the
collections down too much. If you blink when they collect the blue
back you'll miss 'em. Truck slows, operative jumps out next to bag,
truck carries on so back is by bag, operative lobs it in, leaves
another bag, jogs to front of truck and off they go. The wheels of
the truck barely stop moving. I'd say 10 to 20 seconds maximum, if it
was a wheelie bin it would still be being hooked on let alone lifted,
emtied, lowered, unhooked, abandoned.

There is a local dump which also takes compostable material as one of
the sorting options. It has been closed for 3 days a week to save
money.

Most of the Cumbria HWRC's are 0800 1800 7 days/week. The nearest
HWRC to us is in Northumberland, all their centers are 7 days/week
0800 1800 Nov - Mar 1930 Apr-Oct. The only days they are closed are
Christmas day and New Years day.

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Cheers
Dave.