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Grass disposal

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  • 02-04-2020 4:25pm
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    hots
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    I've seen loads of bags of grass left on greens near us (north dublin), some in yellow bags and others just in old compost bags or something... these seem to get picked up by the council every few weeks or so. Anyone know what the story is here? I take it I can't just fill a load of bags and leave them out?

    Getting ready to mow the meadow and expecting a small mountain of clippings.


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    GreeBo
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    hots wrote: »
    I've seen loads of bags of grass left on greens near us (north dublin), some in yellow bags and others just in old compost bags or something... these seem to get picked up by the council every few weeks or so. Anyone know what the story is here? I take it I can't just fill a load of bags and leave them out?

    Getting ready to mow the meadow and expecting a small mountain of clippings.

    That would be dumping, so no you cant.
    Take it to a land fill or compost it yourself.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Do you know they are bags of grass? or maybe they are bags of rubbish picked off the verges etc.

    Can you turn your mowing into a compost heap or leave them on the meadow to waste away.


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    johnb25
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    hots wrote: »
    I've seen loads of bags of grass left on greens near us (north dublin), some in yellow bags and others just in old compost bags or something... these seem to get picked up by the council every few weeks or so. Anyone know what the story is here? I take it I can't just fill a load of bags and leave them out?

    Getting ready to mow the meadow and expecting a small mountain of clippings.

    Is it the grass clippings from the greens?


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    hots
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    Yeah definitely grass cuttings and no the council do the greens and verges outside of houses... and they seem to be putting bags out year round so it's not like it's leaves collected I don't think. I thought it was weird, I'd say it must be people taking liberties with the leaf pickup thing and ditching their grass at the same time maybe.

    Cheers anyway, was just curious if it was a localised thing that some councils do that I hadn't noticed before! I'll stick to a few brown-bin loads for now and look into a compost bin for the future I think.


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    Hocus Focus
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    Ask the Council.


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