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Disposal of wood shavings

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Twisted Trees:

--- Quote from: julcle on September 25, 2020, 07:14:18 PM ---My Local Council here in S. Wales won't accept them as garden waste. My bin men refused to take the wheelie bin a little while ago so I rang the council to complain and they said quite right you have to put them in the general waste bin. I feel sure their brains must be shredded just like what's in the bin.  --  Julian

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Think you need to do as Brian suggests and put 3" into every bin in the street  ;)

julcle:
Yes indeed Pete, our bins go through a transfer station for further separation and then leftovers are dried and incinerated for power generation so there is very little waste in the end. According to our Council "Wales may be a small country, but when it comes to recycling, we punch way above our weight. We’re already the third best recyclers in the world, and now Torfaen Council is backing the Wales-wide movement to make us first." Well there we go !!!

michaelb:
I am in North Wales and the shavings can be put into the Garden waste bin, it is then composed by the council,  you can take your own bags and collect as soil improver or if you have a small trailer they will load it up (all free)  this was prior to Corvid   .. No wonder Wales is the best for recycling in the UK and no 3 in the world hopefully we will be number 1.   

willstewart:
They make excellent path coverings for allotments - they stay reasonably clean and dry.  They will compost eventually if necessary but paths may be a better use.

fuzzyturns:
All my shavings go to my wife's horses and she can't get enough of them. I don't use a lot of walnut, and so far the horses have been smart enough not to eat the shavings (why would they? It has no nutritional value at all and is dusty as heck). The shavings are used for bedding, and it seems to work perfectly fine.

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