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Sue G

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How do people (in the UK) dispose of their piggy rubbish? I clean my two cages out completely on alternate days, and with the woodshavings and hay and discarded veg, I produce two sacksful each time. So far I have been putting these sacks out with the gardening recycling waste, which is collected every two weeks. I did check with the Council first that hay and shavings are o.k. (though neglected to mention there would be wee and poo mixed in with it, but I thought they would make good compost anyway). But it means that every fortnight I have at least 14 sacks to put out, and if I've done "real gardening" as well, there will be even more sacks. I'm just waiting for the day they enquire as to why I have so much "garden waste". Yet our household rubbish bins are only emptied every 2 weeks, and there's no way I could put any of it in there - we are restricted to one bin only, and the lid isn't even allowed to be partly open. I'd be interested to know how other people deal with this, because I know many of you have lots more piggies than I do, so must generate even more "waste".
Sue
 
Mine are cleaned every 2 days being in fleece I put into bin bags and put in the bin. Ours are emptied every week so not really a problem I have one big bag full a week with being on fleece means I don't have that much waste. :)
 
I clean mine 2-3times a week & it's a black sack full everytime,I usually end up taking it to the local tip & putting it in the general waste,the blokes have never said anything, they must have an idea what it is cos the bottom usually snags on a sack when I'm getting it out the car & I leave a trail of pooey shavings behind me,a lady that used to foster asked the council for an extra wheelie bin (thinking they'd just deliver one)they wanted to charge her an extra £300 per year on her council tax...needless to say she slung some in the bin & the rest went to the tip.
 
Yes, I can see myself making journeys to the tip, but it's not all that near and with the petrol prices rocketing I'm reluctant to do so if I don't have to. Plus I can see the car ending up carpetted with pooey shavings! That is dreadful the Council wanting all that extra on Council Tax for one measly extra bin.
 
Green recycling wheelie bin as stated in our councils own literature. ;D
 
SteveYork said:
Green recycling wheelie bin as stated in our councils own literature. ;D
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Different councils do it different ways, I know. I WISH our Council had a green wheelie bin, but our garden stuff has to go out in special biodegradable sacks - if you put it in anything else they won't take it. But my main reason for raising this is that they've changed the composition of the sacks and they are now starting to biodegrade much too fast - some of the sacks I went to put out today for tomorrow's collection were breaking down already and I had to put them inside a second sack. My dread is that with the very careless way they are handled in tossing them onto the truck, one sack (or more!) will burst open, and shavings, hay, poo, etc. will be distributed far and wide!
 
We are not given a green waste collection, they just give us a free compost bin, but it is pathetic!! 3 clean outs and it is full, so mine either goes in the black bin bags in normal waste or to the tip!
 
Before i moved to fleece i put an add on freecycle offering guinea pig waste to be used for compost, and a guy from round the corner came and collected it. It actually appeared in a local magazine as the oddest thing offered on the site.

http://www.freecycle.org/
 
mine goes to the tip into the green waste once a month
 
redd1800 said:
Before i moved to fleece i put an add on freecycle offering guinea pig waste to be used for compost, and a guy from round the corner came and collected it. It actually appeared in a local magazine as the oddest thing offered on the site.

http://www.freecycle.org/
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What a brilliant idea, that's definitely worth thinking about. Did you "parcel" it into sacks and he came regularly for it? And what was in it, hay, woodshavings, veg bits?

I'll definitely consider that, thanks.
 
I'm not allow to put it the "green recycle bin" I just put it in the household bin but I don't use the black bags it goes straight into the bin once a week! O0
 
Gaile said:
I'm not allow to put it the "green recycle bin" I just put it in the household bin but I don't use the black bags it goes straight into the bin once a week! O0
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Trouble is, our wheelie bin is only emptied once every 2 weeks,and only holds 3 sacks of anything anyway. I produce 14 sacks of piggy waste in 2 weeks, so there's no way I could use the bin. If I can't find someone who wants it as compost, and they start complaining, it looks like going to the Tip will be the only solution. I can't imagine how any of you who actually run Rescues manage. I'm involved with a little cat rescue charity, and the binmen won't take any cat litter away - volunteers take it regularly to the Tip, but that's very heavy.
 
sueg said:
redd1800 said:
Before i moved to fleece i put an add on freecycle offering guinea pig waste to be used for compost, and a guy from round the corner came and collected it. It actually appeared in a local magazine as the oddest thing offered on the site.

http://www.freecycle.org/
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What a brilliant idea, that's definitely worth thinking about. Did you "parcel" it into sacks and he came regularly for it? And what was in it, hay, woodshavings, veg bits?

I'll definitely consider that, thanks.
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That's a fab idea! I've been wanting a compost bin and asked round everyone to see if anyone would use the actual compost but nobody would so I didn't bother getting one. If I thought there might be someone on freecycle that would be fab. O0
 
Gaile said:
Any allotment gardens near you they may want it!!
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Another good idea - there are some allotments not far away, if I could find someone involved. Thanks.
 
mine are in a big muck heap at the end of the garden
the newspaper goes in the bin. The council have said put any animal waste in the main bin xx0
 
we compost some the rest goes in the garden waste bin - recommended by our local council

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my council take mine in the garden bin but its full the now because i missed the last pick up
 
I take my numerous black sacks to the tip and put them in the "General Household Waste". I can't put them in the "Green" waste because of the newspapers and magazines in them. We don't have wheelie bins here, but If I leave them out for the bin men, they open them up, assume it's garden waste and leave them behind!
 
Stefanie said:
I take my numerous black sacks to the tip and put them in the "General Household Waste". I can't put them in the "Green" waste because of the newspapers and magazines in them. We don't have wheelie bins here, but If I leave them out for the bin men, they open them up, assume it's garden waste and leave them behind!
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I used to do that but when a bag split I got told we were not allowed as it is clinical waste ::) I just put it in the garden waste bin now and next door lets me put some in his bin too.
 
I have the pleasure of owning two wheelie bins .... not a pleasure at all really! ?

Not a pleasure because I only have my household waste in the black wheelie bin collected once a fortnight. Imagine putting, for example, a wasted bit of raw chicken or leftover cooked fish in there and 13 days later it is still in there! Not nice! >:(

I also have a green wheelie bin for garden waste etc. In there I put all my piggie rubbish, although I do remove the newspaper linings to my hutches and leftover veggie bits. All the hay and dried food not eaten, wood shavings and poo goes in there, together with cardboard and allowed items. This is also collected fortnightly .... black one week, green the next.
You daren't put your wheelie out with the lid open because you have too much in there as they won't touch it and you are left with it.

I reckon I must make the Council a big profit in the compost they make and sell from all my piggie waste. Hey, perhaps I could charge them to collect and recycle my piggie poo? What do you think? ;D ;D
 
We got the big green compostable bin bags from tescos, use those anyway for all our rubbish, and we can tie the tops. All waste went in - wood shavings, veg bits, hay, and any odd pellets that were kicked out of the food bowls.
 
we have 3 bins and 2 bags

black bin for general waste
blue bin for bottles and cans
brown bins for veggie offcuts (compostable food), garden cuttings and cardboard (i put my piggy bedding in this bin
we also have a blue bag for paper, and a red bag for old clothes etc

black bin is one week, the recycle bins the following week
 
I enquired with my local council as to whether I could put piggy waste in a composting bin but they said no they didn't want it. It's such a waste (excuse the pun) of good composting material. Mine goes to the tip in general household rubbish. I make my husband take it though incase they ask me what it is and I get told off as there are so many bags!
 
Hi All,
We have 3 bins grey for general rubbish. Blue for recycling goods IE paper cardboard tins plastics. and green for garden waste which i put the guinea pig rubbish into. The grey is collected one week and the blue and green the following. :D
 
I must be really spoilt, but my dad takes all my guinea pig waste to his house and uts it on the compost heap! Even the paper! He has two heaps. It all mushes down and apparently it's great for the garden! So, that maybe a possibility? I live in a flat, but I take out all the poos I can see a few times a day and I chuck it on the grass outside my window and on the flower beds. I must say the flowers are growing much better since I started doing this! I sometimes I scope up the pee spots and chuck them out too! (Outside our window there is a flower bed joining our flat, then a lawn. It's public property and the people incharge of the ground rent actually pay people to come and tend to the land, but the gardeners have never complained!)
 
With the guinea waste of upto 50 guinea at any one time I am lucky to be able to use the local farmers muck heap to dispose of all our waste. It is well worth going to a local livery yard or farm and seeing if the would like some extra muck to spread on the fields. :)
 
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