In article sting.com,
Sailor writes:
The Natural Philosopher wrote




Its all a green con anyway.

no one uses council compost because its likely contaminated. nearly all
waste ends up as landfill anyway despite what you do to it

Really

http://www.cowbridgecompost.com/news.htm

South Beds (back when it existed) got a government grant to buy all the
garden compost wheelie bins (probably 15 years ago?), but they made a
profit from the collection, composting, and sale of garden compost.

Councils which charged for garden waste collection generally got far too
small participation for it to be a profitable business.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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