So much for recycling

flashy · 09-03-2010, 09:46

On Sunday me and the grumpy old man next door decided to clear the 'garden' at the back of my house, it was overgrown with tree's, brambles and branches. it didnt take us long to cut them all down, the grumpy old man decided it wasn't a great idea to let his daughter run wild with the electric saw so he kept it far away from me

anyhow...i dragged all the brambles, twigs and branches to the front of the house (there's a tree in there somewhere too) i called Blackburn with Darwen council up this morning to ask if they could take them away...and their answer was....'yes for a minimum charge of £25'

we do have a wheelie bin for garden waste but it aint going to take the huge amount that i have even if i break it all up, i don't want to burn it because i don't want to naff the garden up, i've stripped quite a few of the branches down to make a sort of fence inbetween the tree's that are left but other than that what the hell am i supposed to do with the rest?

jaysay · 09-03-2010, 09:57

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Originally Posted by flashy

On Sunday me and the grumpy old man next door decided to clear the 'garden' at the back of my house, it was overgrown with tree's, brambles and branches. it didnt take us long to cut them all down, the grumpy old man decided it wasn't a great idea to let his daughter run wild with the electric saw so he kept it far away from me

anyhow...i dragged all the brambles, twigs and branches to the front of the house (there's a tree in there somewhere too) i called Blackburn with Darwen council up this morning to ask if they could take them away...and their answer was....'yes for a minimum charge of £25'

we do have a wheelie bin for garden waste but it aint going to take the huge amount that i have even if i break it all up, i don't want to burn it because i don't want to naff the garden up, i've stripped quite a few of the branches down to make a sort of fence inbetween the tree's that are left but other than that what the hell am i supposed to do with the rest?

You don't really want us to answer that do you shaz

flashy · 09-03-2010, 09:58

any suggestion other than 'shove it up your backside' would be useful lol

Less · 09-03-2010, 10:00

You could have a bonfire on ground you plan to dig over, the ash will be good for the soil.

I would check your by-laws though before doing it, as some Councils frown upon such things these days, perhaps they feel they are losing out on lot's of £25 if they allow you to have one?

flashy · 09-03-2010, 10:02

the land that we did at the back of the house still has some tree's Less and is too close to the house to be able to burn anything, i don't want to spoil the grass at the side and front, thats my pride and joy

Ken Moss · 09-03-2010, 10:31

You could ask some of your neighbours if they could spare a bit of space each in their recycling bins? If it doesn't get rid of enough you'll probably just have to get rid of a binful at a time till it's gone. Not ideal but free.

Failing that, collar the binmen when they next come round. Ours are always very obliging when we have extra stuff to get rid of.

As a last resort, save up and pay the £25. It's not a huge amount of money and would save tremendous hassle for you.

I'm surprised they're asking you for money though as HBC offer up to five extra collections per household per year for nothing. Do you fall within the purview of Blackburn Council, Shaz?

MargaretR · 09-03-2010, 11:06

Hyndburn's policy may be different.

I recall the days before recycling bins happened, at a time when I had built a garden in a terraced house back yard. I had a lot of climbers that needed an annual prune.
One autumn they got missed due to a bad case of flu, and by the next autumn the pruning load was enormous - about 8 wheelie bins might have coped.

I rang the council and they cleared a patio full of prunings for FREE

flashy · 09-03-2010, 11:24

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

I'm surprised they're asking you for money though as HBC offer up to five extra collections per household per year for nothing. Do you fall within the purview of Blackburn Council, Shaz?

yes we are classed as Blackburn Ken, we are just over the border, they remove household things for free, just not garden waste

if it is there for more than 2 weeks i will get a letter off Twin Valley homes telling me to remove it or else

mattylad · 09-03-2010, 11:54

Chop it up, bag it, put it in the car & take it to a recycling centre where they have skips for gardening watse.

Neil · 09-03-2010, 12:34

Its surprising how much you can fit in a wheelie bin if you cut it up. I stick loads of garden waste in my grey bin because the council seem to think I dont have a garden so I don't get a green bin. Fill up the grumpy old mans as well

accyman · 09-03-2010, 12:45

is it any wonder fly tipping is getting to be a bigger problem when councils wont even provide basic waste removal despite already been paid to do it along with other services paid by council tax

burn it at the weekend so no one from the council will be sniffing about to come tell you off and if anyone says out say you piled it up for removal and the local scallywags must have set it on fire

harwood red · 09-03-2010, 23:37

Don't worry about any letter from Twin valley shaz

and if you see any of our neighbourhood workers doing any gardening in the area just ask them nicely, they are usually very good too

claytonender · 09-03-2010, 23:46

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Originally Posted by Neil

Its surprising how much you can fit in a wheelie bin if you cut it up. I stick loads of garden waste in my grey bin because the council seem to think I dont have a garden so I don't get a green bin. Fill up the grumpy old mans as well

Neil - you can request a green waste collection, even if you don't have a green bin. Just ring 388111 or 399988 and ask to have it picked up.

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Neil · 10-03-2010, 07:27

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Originally Posted by claytonender

Neil - you can request a green waste collection, even if you don't have a green bin. Just ring 388111 or 399988 and ask to have it picked up.

I know that thank you for posting though.

Its just a touch annoying that I cant just throw it straight in the bin out of the way when I have finished gardening.