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    i have just ordered a free compost bin from my county council through this site. maybe useful for others too
    Recycle now - Home Composting
    above the clouds the sun is shining and the sky is blue. if you look hard enough you can just about see it!

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    Thanks for that
    My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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    • #3
      how did you get it for free, does your local council have to be part of the scheme

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      • #4
        I live in Milton Keynes and we have to pay for ours,(as if we dont pay enough council tax)

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        • #5
          It depens how much the council puts in to the scheme,,,,Croydon is £15...Bromley (100yards from me is £5..see if a friend is cheaper.
          My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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          • #6
            Haringey £22 for the first CBin and Enfield (5 miles away) £7
            If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess

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            • #7
              Three years ago we bought two 220 litre bins from our local council at £8.00 each. Now they want £20 for ONE and another fiver to deliver the thing. Looks like I'll be making my own in future.

              Phil
              Live each day as if it was your last because one day it will be

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              • #8
                about ten years ago we got ours which is a rotating one for free and free delivery also a free wormery if you wanted it. now kent has put it up to £22 + 5 delivery.
                i think theyre trying to recover the millions of our money they lost to the iceland banks.

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                • #9
                  Ours Wiltshire CC (was KDC) had gone up before the credit/bank crash - I reckon when it became popular they decided it was a nice little earner! Ours were between £10 (daleks) to £20ish for the bigger green ones - delivered! Now twice that at least.
                  To see a world in a grain of sand
                  And a heaven in a wild flower

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by podfather View Post
                    how did you get it for free, does your local council have to be part of the scheme
                    Yes, sadly they do. Two years ago I bought three, they were £4 each, free delivery and a free compost caddy. Now we're not part of the scheme and they would be £22 plus £5 delivery charge. If you don't qualify for a cheap or free one now it might be worth checking every few months to see if your council has joined.
                    Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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                    • #11
                      mine was free and free delivery :-)
                      but i got a free one from some scheme last year so might not come!

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                      • #12
                        There are usally loads on Freecycle. I get mine from there now.
                        My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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