What a load of rubbish!
YORK residents have been kings of composting this week.
City of York Council's waste and recycling team has worked with volunteer group York Rotters to encourage everyone to compost during this week's Compost Awareness Week.
York Rotters is a group of residents who provide advice and support both for people who already home compost and those that want to start to home compost.
The Rotters have been at locations throughout the city this week, with environmental experts on hand to explain how to start composting and to answer any queries that people may have.
The week of action had culminated today with an event at the York Environment Centre to allow would-be composters the chance to learn the finer details of composting.
Julie Fern, gardener at the National Trust's Treasurer's House, said: "With expert advice on hand throughout the day from York Rotters, we're hoping that visitors will be inspired by our attempts to generate our own compost in the herb garden while reducing waste from Treasurer's House, one of York's heritage attractions that is open free to York Residents from today to Thursday.
"We have a traditional compost bin but also a wormery.
"If you've never seen hundreds of worms busy making compost before, we'd like people to come and take a look and perhaps have a go at home."
Organisers were also helping to to train volunteers to become York Rotters.
Erin Gardner, from the council's waste and recycling team, said: "Compost-ing is a cheap and easy way to help the environment, help your garden and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, and this week is an ideal time for first-time composters to find out more."
Residents in York were given the chance earlier this year of getting hold of discounted home compost bins thanks to a new partnership between York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership.
Between April and November of last year, 693 York residents bought a compost bin.
For more information on how to volunteer as a York Rotter, or the work of the Rotters, phone the York Rotter project officer on 01904 412861.
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1:38pm Sunday 11th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Gardener, NZ on 5:48pm Sun 11 May 08
...how do they avoid rats using them....all the ones I had attracted rats and mice despite following their guidelines for what to put in?
...how do they avoid rats using them....all the ones I had attracted rats and mice despite following their guidelines for what to put in?
Posted by: Gromit, South Bank on 6:49pm Sun 11 May 08
Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy!
Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy!
Posted by: larkin, leeds on 12:16pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]Gardener[/bold] wrote:
...how do they avoid rats using them....all the ones I had attracted rats and mice despite following their guidelines for what to put in?[/quote] No matter who or what any one advises you will at all times attract Rats every home will have Rats only yards away, if you do not want any Rats Mice or other rid your garden of all rubbish heaps its the only way, refuse attracts no matter what you do food is a magnet clear your garden of this trash
Gardener wrote:
...how do they avoid rats using them....all the ones I had attracted rats and mice despite following their guidelines for what to put in?
No matter who or what any one advises you will at all times attract Rats every home will have Rats only yards away, if you do not want any Rats Mice or other rid your garden of all rubbish heaps its the only way, refuse attracts no matter what you do food is a magnet clear your garden of this trash
Posted by: larkin, leeds on 12:23pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]Gromit[/bold] wrote:
Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy![/quote] Rats will tunnel under concrete they will also break into it if its thin Rats will eat plastic, eat through lead and plastic, they will eat your elec cables drink in your cold water tanks in the roof even fall in and drown and you drink that water they can climb any walls up or down they can climb up plastic pipes they will and are able to go through one inch mesh wire,
One adult breeding pair can have 20 or more young in a year these could breed over 1.000 Rats so lay poison 24 hours a day.
Gromit wrote:
Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy!
Rats will tunnel under concrete they will also break into it if its thin Rats will eat plastic, eat through lead and plastic, they will eat your elec cables drink in your cold water tanks in the roof even fall in and drown and you drink that water they can climb any walls up or down they can climb up plastic pipes they will and are able to go through one inch mesh wire,
One adult breeding pair can have 20 or more young in a year these could breed over 1.000 Rats so lay poison 24 hours a day.
Posted by: exYorkist, USA on 2:38pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]larkin[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Gromit[/bold] wrote: Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy![/quote] Rats will tunnel under concrete they will also break into it if its thin Rats will eat plastic, eat through lead and plastic, they will eat your elec cables drink in your cold water tanks in the roof even fall in and drown and you drink that water they can climb any walls up or down they can climb up plastic pipes they will and are able to go through one inch mesh wire, One adult breeding pair can have 20 or more young in a year these could breed over 1.000 Rats so lay poison 24 hours a day.[/quote] Or you could just get a cat. I never saw rats or mice in my garden and I had a compost bin to boot.
larkin wrote:
Gromit wrote: Stand them on a solid surface so the rats can’t tunnel into them and turn them every few days. Its easy!
Rats will tunnel under concrete they will also break into it if its thin Rats will eat plastic, eat through lead and plastic, they will eat your elec cables drink in your cold water tanks in the roof even fall in and drown and you drink that water they can climb any walls up or down they can climb up plastic pipes they will and are able to go through one inch mesh wire, One adult breeding pair can have 20 or more young in a year these could breed over 1.000 Rats so lay poison 24 hours a day.
Or you could just get a cat. I never saw rats or mice in my garden and I had a compost bin to boot.
Posted by: Wangy, York on 4:46pm Mon 12 May 08
Composting has been proven by several independant studies to offer literally no environmental benefits, so doing it in the name of "being green" is a complete waste of time. If you're a keen gardener, fine, but what the hell that has to do with the council is anybody's guess.
Composting has been proven by several independant studies to offer literally no environmental benefits, so doing it in the name of "being green" is a complete waste of time. If you're a keen gardener, fine, but what the hell that has to do with the council is anybody's guess.
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