Confusing, this recycling malarky

Our district council collects garden waste for recycling into compost, strange! but we never see anything about where we can get the compost. I've searched their website but no mention. It's like woodchips, the contractors leave the chips on site, you never get the chance to buy at a reasonable price. I suspect that they are all in the trough together, not helping us in any way. We're just the milch cow that pays for the b***** system.

When I first moved here (1939) we had a monthly "non-burnable rubbish" collection. Now we have fortnightly collections for everything. Sometimes I don't bother to put the bins out as there's not much in them.

"Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. " (Shiney). like I told my son many times "Keep your ears open and your trap shut, and people won't know how stupid you are". He's bought a laptop now, but I'm not teaching him to use it. I told him to sign-up at the library for a course, although I have been running a computer group for over twenty years.

 

"we never see anything about where we can get the compost"

I saw a TV program about a new allotment holder starting his plot, and there was a huge delivery of council composted waste to the allotment holders

But I've always wondered how they make 100% sure there is no broken glass in there, etc., and have thought that might be a reason its not easily found - maybe it goes into agriculture where it is handled by machines and the threat of glass etc. would be diminished?

 

The waste is usually used in large scale land reclamation, being of low value and varied quality.

Some of the composting facility's make money from harvesting the methane produced.

 

"it would be nice to be able to get at the compost"

Do you have the space to make your own? (maybe you do but this is for things that you can't easily compost yourself?)

 

Councils make money from selling it. It`s the profit margin that is diminished-it won`t actually cut into the cash in the pot you pay into. Our local tip sells the compost back to us-it isn`t freely given, despite it being ours in the first place.

 

I suspected as much .... I'll go back to sleep now!

 

I have something for you to rant Shiney two weeks ago the council decided to clear more bramble on our allotment site to make way for 6 more plots and a car park. Work started and a huge pile of bramble,old carpets stones,rocks and trees were stacked up in a heap. Now we were wondering why the digger man was digging a 1 meter hole near the pile of rubbish and this is what he said. The council will not be able to recycle this rubbish as they are short of cash so he was asked to bury it and put good top soil over it. we were all gobsmacked. Now we could not stop him from doing this but there were moans and groans from all quarters. A coal minor said he will be back to dig out the coal in a few hundred years time:D

What do you all make of this, please dont tell me you approve.:cnfs: