ericgibbs

hi phil,
I do/always have composted all my 'soft' organics, grass, leafs and kitchen [uncooked veg waste], its the prunings from the trees and shrubs I have to haul to the composting centre.
Also there are certain types of weeds which are difficult to kill off in the composting heap.

hi hero,
As I have to burn off the hardwood garden refuse, then the CO2 is released, the alternative is a 4mile drive, say monthly to the compost centre.
Just think of the car pollution when you multiply this by all the gardens in my city!. The wood ash gets put back on the garden.

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CO2 and methane that comes from the composting or burning of vegitation don't count providing the biomass is allowed to regenerate. It's carbon neutral because all the carbon released in to the amptmosphere is reabsorbed by photosynthesis when the plants regrow.

The environmentalists that bollock on about methane being released from farming are talking rubbish, not onlly because it's carbon neutral but also because the natural vegitation that would be there would be producing methane anyway.

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In the UK its the 'white van' driver thats got the reputation for bad road habits.

well here in australia it's the "white van" that's going around picking up kids

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And the heat generated is necessary to break down the material. Without all that heat it would take much longer to generate compost. Which is why composting bins are usually black.

Mike

philba

You are well ahead of most. I have about 4 acres so we just pile up any woody waste and once a year rent a chipper. we use the chips for garden paths and other mulch. So, not totally green but then we have nice looking paths!

On the noxious weeds, I just leave them in a small pile and pull any sprouts.

Aloefundi

Hi Guys

Living in ZA we are years away from any formal recycling initiatives, there are a number of bins placed strategically, however there is no drive to recycle. Most houses here have at least 1 wheely bin, many have 2 for the average family. The principle is everything goes into one bin and straight to the landfill. To the point on my post. I was in New Zealand a few years back and what i saw really impressed me. Basically the refuse removal is a 'franchise' with an owner/driver principle. The truck was compartmentalised. What would happen is the home owners would seperate glass / metal / plastic etc and put them out on the sidewalk, up the road comes the refuse guy and pick up and sort as required. I was very impressed. I presume that the owner /driver got to on-sell the recyclables.

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Yeah, I've seen those trucks in the States. But the general problem of recycling (at least here) is that you can't get a lot of people to do it reliably. I was dropping stuff off at the recycling center a few weeks ago (our curbside pickup doesn't take everything) and in the plastics/glass bin someone had put a FULL glass jar of rotten pickles.

If we had rules about packaging our landfills could BE the recycling areas and there might be no need for individuals to separate.

Mike

Thunderchild

we have our own composts its logic you need to put it back into the garden why send it away when you can put it to good use ?

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Yes, I agree, the logic makes sense, but a lot of Americans don't want the hassle of a compost bin or just wouldn't use it. I think this is one of the problems that we need to learn...that we need to become part of the environmental system instead of doing whatever we want and thinking that it'll all just disappear.

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well they better hurry up about it before they have no homes let alone gardens

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Glass doesn't have to be clean at all when its recycled as it all gets heated to a high temperature and any dirt is skimmed off the top.

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In Seattle, it is a law you must recycle. In fact, they have inspectors that actually will spot check trash cans for recyclables. You can actually get a citation though I'm not sure any have actually been written. Still, I think it's over the top.

I live just outside of Seattle and our recycling doesn't require separation of paper, plastics or metal. It still feels weird to me. Yard waste is picked up in a separate container like the rest of the semi-civilized world...