On 06/10/2019 21:43, tim... wrote:


"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
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On 05/10/2019 10:50, tim... wrote:


"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
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On 30/09/2019 14:22, Roger Hayter wrote:
Unfortunately there seem to be at least two meanings of compostable.
Many of the new "compostable" materials are only compostable in the
high
termperatures and intensive conditions of an industrial composting
plant, and will show little degradation in an ordinary garden compost
bin.Â* I have found this with compostable food waste bags, which
seem to
persist for years at least in domestic compost.

They are prohibited by our council.

so how are you supposed to collect your compostable waste then?

The idea that people will take each item of compostable waste to the
outdoor bin individually is not going to happen

It will just lead to people putting compostable waste in the
kitchen-bin that they collect non-compostable waste

You are supposed to empty the compostable bag into the compost bin,
then put the liner into the landfill bin.

why pay extra for compostable bags, and then not put them in the compost?

I'm sure a lot of people don't bother.

because the bags are compostable


Their latest one is to bill you for taking hardcore to the tip...

because it's not domestic waste

If it comes from my household and is not commercial, I consider it domestic.

SteveW