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As per my discussion in the HUB - im looking into starting a green waste transfer site - The regs / rules are pretty onerous and it does look like a razor thin margin business to run. That and most local authorities are overly sensitive from nimby complaints, and in the run up to ellection year, the slightest complaint can make a LA shut a site down or place a moratorium on operations.
The compliance rules and regs go on and on and then theirs cross- compliance, local requirements, and then after all that, restrictions on vehicle movements in and out of the site all contribute to makeing it difficult unless the business comes at the problem with a good (ive been advised circa £100k-£150k) budget for legal work, appeals, planning and primarially getting the pointless Nimby complaints dismissed (unfortunatley Nimbys have 36 hours in a day to write letters that need refuting).
Unless the site takes all kinds of waste and is operating under long established exepmtions or is part of a BIG company, i cant see many sites opening up.
It also means I think that more people will fly tip as its too difficult to dispose of stuff properly
What do I do with my waste that will not cause a problem or cost me or my customers excess amounts? I don't want it sat in my trailer on my drive or yard. It'll cause more complaints, I'm certainly not leaving it in my van. Do I fly tip? Of course not! So I'll end up with piles of rubbish at a customers garden waiting for an empty green bin. Not good for anyone.
Andy said:
Richard Gadsby said:
Geoffrey King said:
People, are pretty annoyed, but where we live some 30 miles away in Ryedale, they have stopped collecting for 3 months and charge us £2 per collection the rest of the year.
Either way, wake up York council, the grass doesn't stop growing for 5 months.
I bring our clients waste home & then tip it almost 40 miles from there gardens, Doh!
And yes, I do mean we travel to York to work.
Have you guys never asked on your local farms if its green waste. I rent the corner of a mostly disused field ( half now has horses on) and i dump my green waste there. Any bare trees/branches that get cut are stacked and chipped on day each month in a different pile ready to be used/sold, any that are green get put in the pile with the grass and the leaves for composting. I haven't had any issues from people about it as any compost i can't use the farmer has for his own use.