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Green waste disposal - pre-treatment form.

Hello All.

My local Viridor waste transfer station is insisting I fill out a 'pre-treatment form' before I use their facilities and dump my green waste.

Apparently the form is downloadable from their website, but I cant find the correct page.

Can anyone

Started by Andrew Ford in Waste

2 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Aug 2, 2016

Multi-one

Hello laddies and gentleman, I just want to inform the people in Northern Ireland that Multi-one machines are now available in Northern Ireland, anyone interested or would like to know more I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to talk to them,

Started by Gareth Shannon in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

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disposal of green waste

hello everybody

recently started up a garden maintenance bus

doing well , taking lots of advice from here, but one thing I can see I am going to have an issue with is disposal of green waste.

at the moment a guy at the local tip turns a blind eye I t

Started by john phillips in Waste

15 Replies · Reply by Russ Francis Jul 11, 2016

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Salvaging shrubs for profit?

We have a job in a few weeks at a former show-home on a new build estate, which involves ripping out a lot of the garden that was installed by the builders and laying a new lawn in place.

With these show homes the landscape contractors try and really

Started by James McKay in Waste

6 Replies · Reply by Rory Feb 21, 2016

fencing

what do you do with old fence panels and posts do you charge to dispose of them or leave them on site for customers to dispose . and what is the best way to get rid of them we do not do much fencing but still end up with a big pile at the end of a ye

Started by Roy Parker in Waste

20 Replies · Reply by Ayegardening Ltd Dec 9, 2015

Your weapon of choice?

In my simplistic naivety I believe there are four levels or stages in a (landscape) gardener's evolution, namely:

1 . Estate car

2 . Car with decent trailer

3 . Van or pickup

4 . Flatbed or vehicle fleet

I'm a newbie at stage 2 with 4x4 and alloy, high-si

Started by Chris in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

46 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Dec 6, 2015

woodchip/ stump grindings

I need somewhere in North Leeds to drop woodchip and stump grindings. This can include logs if wanted but I have somewhere to drop logs already. We only do treework about 10% of our time and use some of the chip on sitee we maintain so its really a c

Started by matt day in Waste

2 Replies · Reply by David Law Jan 27, 2016

Holzinger Shredder/Chipper

I am going to have a look at a Holzinger shredder/chipper tomorrow. It's a 6.5 HP model and is second hand at a competive price. I have not heard of them before and I am wondering if anyone here got any experience with them. I know it's not on a par

Started by Andrew Midgley in Machinery and Waste

1 Reply · Reply by Andrew Midgley Nov 29, 2015

Beginners?

I'm a 47yr old gardener who's been trying to build up a gardening round part time in the face of impending redundancy at my full time job. Its now looking like the redundancy is imminent, and I've enjoyed working outside all year and hope to make som

Started by Chris in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

32 Replies · Reply by Chris Nov 28, 2015

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Waste removal

Hi, please can you advice on what to charge to remove garden waste?Thanks

Started by Bryn Dunkerley in Waste

10 Replies · Reply by Mitchel ingham Nov 21, 2015

Commercial green waste disposal

Hi any help appreciatedI currently own a Grounds Maintenance business based in Barnsley, South YorkshireOver the years I've never really had to dispose of any waste, due to having skips we can use on sites / cutting and dumping grass etcBut I'm getti

Started by Lee Revitt in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Waste

4 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Nov 10, 2015

Which is the best turf cutter available in the UK, share your opinion with the LJN

Hello LJNers,

So question this week is which Turf Cutter is the best in the UK.

Tell the Landscapers Juice Network which Turf Cutter is:

Best Value for Money?

Most reliable?

Happy sharing

With love from the GRASSify Team

0207 993 9083

www.GRASSify.co.uk

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Started by Joe GRASSify in Design, Business, and Groundscare

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License to take garden waste to local tip.

I realise this has probably been asked before, but as the year has gone on and not all our customers have green council bins, we are having to remove the waste and bring it home and put it in our own bin ( and the neighbours !! ). We were told by som

Started by Angela Mellor in Waste

19 Replies · Reply by David Benson Oct 12, 2018

Check if a waste carrier is registered

If you have business waste to be collected and disposed of, you must make sure your waste carrier is registered.

There’s a different register for carriers, dealers and brokers who registered. Ask to see the business’s permit to check what kind of was

Started by Landscape Juice in Waste

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Composting - New to it and looking for help

Morning chaps,

I look after a site and the estate manager has kindly given me a nice space to use with the agreement that I empty the previous gardeners crap out of it. Now this crap turned out mostly to be new builders sacks full of collected leaves,

Started by Rory in Waste

14 Replies · Reply by Paul McNulty Aug 30, 2015

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Commercial green waste disposal in Herts?

I'm struggling to find a commercial waste transfer station in hertfordshire. I'm over in Hemel Hempstead, and local council don't seem to offer anything like that. I'm a licensed waste carrier and everything, but so far the closest place I can find t

Started by Ben Mallow in Waste

6 Replies · Reply by Geoff Norfolk Aug 18, 2015

Shredder or Chipper?

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone had specific experience of the new Eliet Prof 5b at all? I have been checking out compact chippers/shredders to aid our work, clearances, hedge and shrub pruning, major cutbacks and some tree works i.e. the usual. We h

Started by Robert Smit in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Machinery

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Best trailer seen ?

Found: Smallest ever trailer! Hope they fitted a brake-away cable! Image courtesy of @Thinkware pic.twitter.com/RM7NpDFSs8
— Surrey Roads Police (@SurreyRoadCops) May 20, 2015

Love it....one way of getting rid of green waste

Started by Gary RK in Waste

3 Replies · Reply by Harry@VWGS May 22, 2015

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Landscaper fined £2,800 for dumping waste in Thetford Forest

A landscaper who illegally dumped garden waste and paving slabs in Thetford Forest must pay more than £2,800, after an eagle-eyed council officer spotted him months after the event.

Bill Watts, of B&M Landscapes, admitted to flytipping commercial was

Started by Phil Voice in Waste

14 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Mar 26, 2017

Introduction to Autus Organics

Hello all,

I run company Autus Organics. I thought I would take some time to introduce our services.

About Us

Autus Organics is a UK producer of Biostimulants and associated products for the following industries:

Agriculture
Horticulture
Turf indu

Started by Graeme Todd in Business, Groundscare, and Health and Safety

2 Replies · Reply by David Cox Mar 2, 2015

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