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Shredders

Hi All

I looking into getting a shredder for general garden waste and hedging. One the problems I have is I got a VW caddy van so I can't go for anything too big!

I have been looking at the Eliet maestro city to the Stihl GH 460 so far! Any though on t

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Eliet Maestro Shredder ?

Hi all, I'm looking for a littile advice; I'm trying to weigh up the pros and cons of investing in a shredder for managing garden waste.

At the moment I bag up (builders bags) quite a bit of garden waste, hedge cuttings from garden clearences, winter

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Getting rid of soil

Hi all

I've got a potential job clearing a plot of land which has years and years of grass growth on it creating a thick dense mat of undergrowth. This needs to be gotten rid of to make way for some building works and some garden features. I'll be usi

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Roofer fined for not having waste carrier's license, wait for it, for carrying sandwich wrappers!

Council fines roofer £300 for having empty crisp packets and sandwich wrappers in his van - because he doesn't have a licence to carry rubbish.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6018779/Roofer-fined-300-having-crisp-packets-sandwich-wrappers-wo

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Lower Tier Waste Disposal License v Upper Tier

Hi All,

I'm investigating the issue of waste disposal and have read conflicting advice.

As I only intend to carry green garden waste, I was under the impression that I could register as a Lower Tier Licencee.

Now I've read (written by a company wanting

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Garden plant material that cannot be recycled at green waste centres

I thought you might be interested in this statement on Birch Airfield Composting website.

We are unable to accept the following toxic/invasive weed species:

• Ragwort (Senecio jacobae)
• Yew (Taxus baccata)
• Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
• Rhododendron (Rhodo

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West Mercia police stopping unregistered waste carriers

@LandscapeJuice With @WMerciaPolice in #Worcestershire Targeted vehicle stops. 5 unregistered waste carriers found. pic.twitter.com/mV4tZ98KM2"

— Glos Moth Group (@glosmoths) December 15, 2014

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Making houses from bricks made out of mushrooms

Much of the construction industry depends on fossil fuels, creating a big carbon footprint. As pressure mounts to make construction "greener", experts have started to design houses out of hemp and straw, and bricks made of mushrooms.

This bit particu

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Hants CC public waste recycling sites under review in effort to cut costs

Interesting public consultation taking place in the adjacent County (Hampshire) regarding the provision of public waste recycling sites.

Expect to see to similar taking place as County Councils look to save £000's due to cuts. The reason I picked up

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Landscapers Rejoice - It's Election Time

What?

The modern corrugated plastic signs posted everywhere to advertise candidates for elections are ideal (in pairs) for lifting light debris; they are lighter and last better than the old style hardboard.

Just wait until after the election so that y

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Landscaping waste - UK recycling sites taking green and general waste (interactive map)

Please add details of your local waste site(s) to the LJN interactive Google map.

If enough people get involved then we can build a resource to help all who generate and/or handle waste from landscaping projects or garden maintenance sites.

Click her

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Waste Carrier Licence 'Scam'

I'm sure most of us already have the required Waste Carrier Licence from the Environment Agency for our activities, but I thought it advisable to highlight a possible 'scam' for anyone that hasn't yet registered and is thinking of doing so.

If you sea

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Getting rid of Green Waste

Hello All,

I am new here and I would like to you know what fellow gardeners/landscapers do with there rubbish they produce as I am really struggling to find an answer for this. I have phoned a number of local waste companies, prices ranging from 110+v

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Waste removal: client template - free download

Are you a registered waste carrier?

If you are, you will need to charge your client to remove and process their waste.

This form should be supplied as part of your supporting documentations and will help you manage your client's expectations.

Downloa

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Register as a waste carrier online, you all need to do this!

"From January 2014, you need to register as a waste carrier if you regularly transport waste as part of your business. You can be fined up to £5,000 if you don’t register."

I did it using the following link in less than 5 minutes and registration is f

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Cost of getting rid of waste?

In East Cheshire they have suspended the green bin collection from Mid November until mid March!! (Don't get me started on what a ridiculous decision this is in the name of saving money.)
We normally fill customers green bins with their leaves if the

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Waste Carriers License

Just to make you guys aware I have had my renewal come through for my waste carriers license. As I do fences and landscaping am a member of the upper tier there regulations are, this is in an email reply. Please take notice of the statement at the bo

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Confused about EA's website guidance on waste tier levels

I know this has been written about a few times but the EA's website seems to differ from what people have written here in the past.

I've just started a gardening business and would like to carry away garden waste from customers' homes. There is a tool

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Green waste costs

I went to our green waste recycling site today and paid £25.00 for my 16' x 7' trailer to be emptied by their digger.

I stood there and watch and thought what bloody good value that was. What do you get charged?

Is it worth trying to make a recycling c

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Council green waste bins and council tax

The local council in my area (Selby District Council) are considering implementing a charge of £82 per year for the green waste collections that are currently paid for as part of householders council tax. The theory behind this being that the council

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