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Old 03-13-2010, 02:08 PM
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This area of TV has a garden waste collection every Wednesday

I have seen various items on neighbours' driveways, including large brown bags and loose branches.

I have two questions:

Is it okay to put branches out by themselves, or should everything be bagged?

Does "garden waste" mean just that, or can I include household vegetable matter in the bags, such as banana skins, apple cores etc.?

Which brings me to a surprise third question, for those who were asleep in class:

If I cannot include household vegetable matter, is composting popular here? There are commercially-available plastic compost bins that, in our climate, would turn waste into soil relatively quickly.

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Branches can be by themselves but should be cut into 4' pieces.
Garden waste means just that....no household garbage.
Composting would work if no smell and you were able to keep the rats away. Probably more trouble than what it is worth.
BTW all villages have waste pick up on Wednesday.