Where to dump leaves..??

[dulwichbased]

Does anyone know where could I dump some leaves ..?? Council won't take it..

Thanks

[intexasatthe moment]

Brown recycling bin ,minus any bags you may nave used to bag them up ? Or have you not got one of the large brown bins ?

[sanity girl]

I think you can get brown paper garden waste bags from the library - leave them out with the brown bins and they will be taken with the brown waste collection

[dulwichbased]

Thank you but I haven't got any brown bins..:(

Am within Lewisham council...

[Iain]

I'f you're in Lewisham, get to any of the libraries or Shannon's Garden Centre in Forest Hill and buy a roll of green bags (?10 for 10 - cash only) bag them up, book a collection date on the Lewisham website and they'll take them away for you.

[njc97]

What Iain said. Or bag it and take it to the tip on Landmann way

[dulwichbased]

Thank you all!

[Mustard]

dulwichbased Wrote:

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> Does anyone know where could I dump some leaves

> ..?? Council won't take it..

>

> Thanks

Why did the council say they wouldn't take them, if Iain above is saying they will.

[Sue]

Leaves usually rot down very quickly if you leave them in closed black plastic bin bags, then you can just put the resulting compost-type stuff on your garden (I assume you have a garden if you have so many leaves! Though you might not have anywhere to put unsightly full black bin bags).

[Whittler]

OOoh, you can't beat a nice bit of well rotted leaf mould as a soil conditioner, i'm with you there! The leaf mould bay in my compost area at the 'lotty is an essential part of my veg growing regime!

As Iain suggests, Lewisham will collect green waste if you use the special bags (see below), all good as they use it to make compost for the council parks etc...

http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/wasterecycle/Garden-waste/Pages/garden-waste-collection-service.aspx

[dulwichbased]

Thank you for your help!

[Callie]

@ dulwichbased. How would the council know if you just stuffed the leaves in black bin bags? You can buy 50 black bin bags for ?2 (Iceland). ?10 for 10 green bin bags is madness.

[KidKruger]

Ask a neighbour if you can use their bin - many are empty now it's colder.

[Sue]

How many bag fulls do you actually have?

Somebody with an allotment or a large garden might be glad to take them off you if they have space to put them while they rot down.

You could try posting in the "for sale/offered" section on here!

Will give you a warm glow which putting them in landfill won't (probably :) )

[dulwichbased]

Thanks Sue! Will try that!