I've got stacks of paper waste to dispose of securely. Too much to shred.
I've been looking at the garden incinerator bins. Wickes have one but it is £30+ and some cheaper eg
Many thanks
Stopped free green bins? I thought you said this was shreddable in any case. You cannot put shredded paper in recycling unless its of the strip kind. a decent shredder costs about 40 quid so the incinerator is relatively cheap. Its a pity be nobody has designed one that generates electricity though. Maybe its the severe restriction on bonfires that we live with these days. Strange as it does not seem to apply to Pikeys burning old tree prunings in the smelliest way possible. Brian
In tightly packed stacks it doesn't burn very well. Books survive fires remarkably well only the edges charring except in ferocious conditions.
How about an offcut of pig net wrapped into a cylinder? Or the cheapest scrap galvanised bin you can find on three bricks and a chisel.
Paper isn't challenging to burn cleanly provided there is plenty of air.
Do you mean they went round and collected them up, have stopped collecting them or now charge for replacements?
I meant stacks as in lots not as in tightly packed.
Is there any difference (other than a few holes) and legs between a bin and these incinerators?
That's what I'm hoping.
They now charge for collecting the garden waste placed in the green bins. It used to be a free fortnightly collection. They have left the bins with us so useful storage anyway.
I had that problem when I shut down my UK office prior to emigrating. A mobile shredding service did a six-foot pile of paper for around £70
Government told councils they are not allowed to increase domestic waste collection charges, as it was in effect a hidden council tax increase. Reading was going to start charging for garden waste too, but had to backtrack.
Worked OK for me. I got one from Homebase.
Put a load of paper and a few books in there, some firelighters at the base, lit the firelighters, put the lid on and only ash there by the next morning...
Yes that's what I want. I've ordered one.
How much is stacks?
Wouldn't bother with an incinerator and pick a non-windy day. Or a bit buy a 10m+ roll of chicken wire for about a tenner and make up a cylinder 18" or so in dia.
It takes a lot fo rain to put out even a small fire or are you worried about getting wet yourself? Don't forget some decent heat proof gloves or some other means of lifting the lid to refuel once it's been burning a while.
That's what a compost heap is for or the occasional bonfire for larger woody prunings. A garden shredder helps stuff compost quicker.
Indeed. I compost more stuff than is allowed in the green bin on a hot compost heap with enough grass added to get to 70+C. It will eat most woody stems at that and has been know to smoulder internally.
I use my green bin (and other leaky black bins) to make leaf mould.
The chimney on top, which helps create a through draught, making them more efficient than the open mesh type.
I have one of the galvanised ones, although the galvanising is primarily of value in stopping them from rusting before you buy them. Burning stuff in them can cause them to rust quickly unless you store them somewhere dry between uses. I have considered using car exhaust paint on it, but I don't have the round tuit for that job.
Colin Bignell
Cite? Our council does charge for garden waste collection.
as does ours. For the past 4 years at least.
Standard Operating Procedure for Government; Do less, charge more.
There are companies who pay for green waste - although probably not for a bin load.
Irrelevant what it's called or who does it.
Key word was *increase*, as it would be treated as an increase in council tax, which government was trying to stop LA's from doing. Reading tried to start charging for garden waste collection whilst claiming to be keeping council tax frozen or within some limit (don't know which), but government said you can't claim that and then raise money by increasing other charges. Restricting council tax increases is about forcing councils to save money, not raising the money by some other charge instead as a backdoor tax.
Some areas actually make money by selling the resulting compost.
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Ours doesn't (Eden District) at least not as a separate billable item. It's all part of the council tax along with the recycling and ordinary waste collections. The only separate waste charge I can think of is for "bulky items" and possibly fridges and freezers.
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