On 07/03/2014 11:03, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:01:12 +0000, GMM wrote:

On 06/03/2014 12:55, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:12:45 +0000, GMM wrote:

The spring is coming and, inconveniently, our LA has stopped its 'all
you can eat' approach to green waste, so now we have to rent wheelie
bins. Although you can rent more than one, and we'll get a couple,
there's a limit to how many dirty great bins you can have around the
place, and I reckon that 2 weeks of cutting our grass will probably
fill one of them. We also 'employ' a gardener (yup, it's a pretty big
garden). Although he's getting on a bit, he still seems to be able to
cut down a lot of stuff in teh few hours he's here.
The obvious solution (which most people will take) is, unfortunately,
to burn the excess, as the last thing I want is to accumulate piles of
rat-infested compost heaps that never get used.
So....What's the best arrangement for burnign garden waste?
Obviously, it needs a bit of time to dry out first, but this can be
reduced by getting a good blaze going. My first thought was/is a
galvanised incinerator bin but before I get one, I thought someone
here might have some insight.

Cheers chaps

You do know that in the FAQ about Birminghams new "service" it's
pointed out that it's a statutory nuisance to light a bonfire ?

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/greenwaste


That link doesn't work for me but BCC's view on bonfires seems to depend
on which page you read. Elsewhere, they give advice on what to burn and
not to burn and to point out that there are no specified times.

They do say it's an offence to cause a statutory nuisance by lighting a
bonfire on one of their FAQs about green waste, but not that a bonfire
is necessarily, in itself, a statutory nuisance. presumably, they
phrase it that way to be accurate whilst appearing to warn people off as
they are concerned about the consequences of their new approach.

Like everything on their site, a mess of inconsistency and broken links.

If only they hadn't bought a cheap and proven CMS system, and actually
invested £2.8 million on writing their own. *Then* it would work OK.

Oh, hang on ....

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news...rmingham-city-
council-website-99370

£28,000 would have been excessive.

No wonder they don't have any resources to pick up the green waste.......