new green wheelie bin!!

just been informed by my local autority that they are delivering green waste wheelie bins next week. Was looking throught he blurb that came with it and its very strange. You can put 'garden waste, grass, small branches in' also 'windfall fruit' but not 'vegetable peelings'. I thought this was a bit weird as its all going for composting anyway and to my mind if you can put in windfall apples you should be able to put vegetable peelings in. I was so intrigued I asked the reason why. Apparently its something to do with the animal by products regulations. You may have prepared the vegetable peelings on the same plate/board that you put raw meat so any kitchen waste isnt allowed. Just in case anyone else wants to know!!!

 

That's interesting LG, hadn't thought of it like that. Not sure though that it is all composted anyway because most of it is woody stuff that won't compost, I suppose they grind it all down and just use it as part of the soil conditioner that LA's seem to sell nowadays. Or perhaps that's just what they should be doing?

You are lucky that you have a green bin. We had one for a few years, emptied every two weeks, then last year they withdrew it! (thats what you call going green) Then a few months later they offered it again, but only if you pay for it!

So what happened to all that council tax money that I have been paying? ;D

 

I find mine very useful for all the garden waste that I can't put on my compost heaps.

 

we have a garden waste collection its a brown bin collected every other week..we are not allowed to put kitchen waste in either i put that in my own compost bin..They wont take our bin if its too heavy as a man down the road put some clods of earth in them ..he was edging a lawn and he just threw it in the bin and they said it was too heavy and wouldnt take it..mine is usually the scruffy bin with twigs and plants hanging out the top..they should turn it into compost and sell it back cheap but they are using it for the local parks..etc..they have sold home compost bins really cheap recently so i got one of those for any excess waste,,

 

I find our brown bin really useful for hedge clippings, roses prunings and other twiggy stuff. All my vegetable kitchen waste and soft weeds etc go in my compost bins. Sizable branches go on my log pile and the twiggy, scratchy stuff goes in the brown bin and that means I no longer have to have bonfires.

 

We have a green bin that is collected every 2 wks'as you said in earlier post..no veg peelings allowed. We do get the chance to buy the compost back from the council at very reasonable prices..somthing like �£2.50 for a 15kg back, its a bit twiggy in some batches, but a great soil conditioner

 

You mean you have to peel vegetable? I though they all grew on trees pre washed in plastic bags like as wot you get from the supermarket

 

We never peel vegetables. Why do people cut away the tastiest parts? Jacket, boiled, roasted or chipped - spuds always keep their skins. Carrots too don't need peeling if you eat organic vegetables free from chemical concentrations. A good wash and into the pot - lovely!