Cheapest way to dispose of bulky garden waste

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monagt

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Tree branches and Hedging.

Can anyone answer this question?

A skip is expensive and takes little as the waste is bulky and not very dense. (I tried a wood chipper but they don't work well with leaves and fresh long thin branches as they get jammed easily, at least the one from Lidl did)

Recycling takes a boot load but again you do not get much is a boot and you also have all the insects and larvae being left in boot unless you line the boot with a large plastic sheet that can be wrapped around the waste (like for painting)
 
I use a chainsaw for the larger branches,trees and the put all the hedging as tightly as possible in the strongest plastic bin bags I can find(rubble bags usually ).Then back seat down and stuff them in!Oh,and if its only green waste the depot might give a cheaper rate.The one in Ballymount is €15 for a car but only €8 for exclusively green waste.
 
monagt said:
I tried a wood chipper but they don't work well with leaves and fresh long thin branches as they get jammed easily, at least the one from Lidl did.
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Was just looking at the same problem.

We didn't cut back any of our shrubs or trees last year as the OH was ill and now the garden is very overgrown.

We just got a shiny new brown / compost bin from Greenstar but would like to use a wood chipper so we can get more into it.

Have read the reviews about the Lidl one that it can't handle leaves and thin branches. Can anyone recommend a wood chipper that takes all sorts of shrub cuttings and branches?
 
Have read the reviews about the Lidl one that it can't handle leaves and thin branches. Can anyone recommend a wood chipper that takes all sorts of shrub cuttings and branches
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You may find that most are the same, dryed out thicker branches are probably OK but I was very disappointed with mine.
It was mostly chewing the green thinner branches and then getting stuck with them and leaves.
 
Depending on the size of the branches, you might get a local woodturner or men's shed to take them off your hands, but they'd really need to be about 50mm (2inch) diameter to be any use. As regards the other cuttings, you don't know anyone to compost them on an allotment or that? You'll still have to transport but mightn't have to pay to dispose.
 
Please leave the cut branches and clipping there in the garden for a while.This will let all the creatures that are good for your garden go to find new homes.

We dont cut any of our hedges till after 31st August as its actually ilegal to cut a hedge between March 1st and August 31st because of nesting birds and wildlife protection.

Its also great to see ladybirds and ladybird eggs all over our garden and in our hedgerows.

If you leave the waste clippings small branches and twigs to settle down and die off then in a few weeks you can easily bag them and bring them to a local DCC recycling centre.
A jeep load costs about 16 euro to dump in a recycling centre.
We get about 2 cubic meters of garden waste into our jeep and it costs us 20 euro to dispose of it.
 
Update - got the 2500w shredder from Aldi and, so far, it's absolutely brilliant. Reduces the cuttings by around 75% and also chews up fresh leaves and fresh branches.
 
flowerman said:
We dont cut any of our hedges till after 31st August as its actually ilegal to cut a hedge between March 1st and August 31st because of nesting birds and wildlife protection.
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That legislation specifically excludes domestic garden hedges, which is most likely what the OP is talking about here.
 
Leo said:
That legislation specifically excludes domestic garden hedges, which is most likely what the OP is talking about here.
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Where does it say that?
Personally speaking we have respect for nature and wildlife laws regardless of where we live.
 
The very first line of Section 40 of the Wildlife Act that deals with this states:

(a) It shall be an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy, during the period beginning on the 1st day of March and ending on the 31st day of August in any year, any vegetation growing on any land not then cultivated.
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A domestic garden is cultivated land, and so is excluded from the provision.

But just because it isn't illegal to do so, doesn't mean that ideally you would avoid that time of year.
 

Thanksyou for that.That clears that up.
We live in Dublin but we dont cut or go near out hedgerows until after 31st August for the reasons I mentioned previously.To protect and preserve a nice habitat for any wildlife in our front and back gardens.
 
Hey

I have had this problem recently. I had a huge amount of hedging, shrubs etc... I researched long and hard and here's what I did

Bought a bosch shredder, got it in B&Q- showed them the price in woodies at time of purchase where it was cheaper. They knocked it down to the woodies price and gave an extra 10% off for the inconvenience... So got 60 off in total

I then bought a skip bag for 60 euro and shredded everything, clear a garden out that 40 foot deep and 20 foot wide and I think it was the cheapest and most efficient way.. Might sound like a lot but hedging grows back and I had to go at it again recently

Best of luck
 
flowerman said:
We live in Dublin but we dont cut or go near out hedgerows until after 31st August for the reasons I mentioned previously.To protect and preserve a nice habitat for any wildlife in our front and back gardens.
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Absolutely, the vast majority of wildlife making homes there are beneficial to the health of, and your enjoyment of your garden. Only makes sense to protect where possible.
 

If you're in Dublin, you can take stuff to Mulch off the Malahide Road in industrial estate in Coolock. They even provide the large skip bags so the stuff doesn't go all over the boot. I was only charged €10 for a car full (small hatchback)
 
Mulch will also come to your house with their lorry and take all your green waste away for you...(hedgecuttings,grass clippings and felled trees/branches).
They charge around 50-60 euro to do this,providing you are not living a million miles away.

They then turn this green waste into brilliant quality garden soil,compost and bark mulch.

They have a large drive in centre in Newtown Industrial Estate in Coolock,just opposite Newtown Builders Providers.You stuff your car full and drive down to them where they will unload your car for you in their drive through faciity.Prices vary per size of laod.

I highly recommned their home blend ton bags of screened top soil,its brilliant quality soil for any gardening and landscaping work that you might be doing.
 
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