Garden waste - what to do with it

BlueChalk


Joined: 08/03/2011
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 11:32

I live in dogankoy area, and it seems belediye has stopped picking garden waste..what am i to do with it now??



Do they pick garden waste only during summer??



it's just strange.p

wattys


Joined: 07/10/2008
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 11:45

Chuck it over next doors fence like the locals do.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 11:53

Go to your local belediyesi office with your address and request someone to pick it up. No problem. However don't try to do it by phone, as i have tried this and it seems some sort of communication breakdown happens and nothing gets picked up. So go there in person with a belediyesi bill...





DD

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 12:20

or better still,compost it!!!

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 12:46

Yes, the Belly will do it, then they come up roads like ours and dump it into the ravine!! I see no reason why you can't do this yourself actually, provided it is just garden waste. Afterall, with this rain it will rot away very quickly and help weeds etc to grown and thus bind the sides of the ravines, in order to avoid land slip. Of course Msg. 2 is the favourite for most locals.

BlueChalk


Joined: 08/03/2011
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 13:41

Thank you all for the replies..



wattys, I'm a local myself yet because we are relatively new in this area i thought maybe there is some sort of a system as throughout the summer our garden waste was being picked up regularly. Provided it is just garden waste I totally agree about the ravine idea. We have done it before but as long as there is someone to pick it up, we didn't want to exaggerate it.



I'll do composting - i think super home centre had some bins for that purpose..

I didn't know they would actually come by and pick it up if i told them to - thanks for the info daisy duke

Karanfil


Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 14:20

If you come under Girne Belediyesi the office is near the Police Station and Wednesday market. The man in charge is Ali Bey. You tell him how much rubbish you have and where you live and he arranges collection. They do charge though for large amounts and nothing happens until you pay up. We paid 50TL last time but we did have a lot of garden rubbish. He told us it would be collected in the next few days which turned out to be two weeks, three visits and ten telephone calls later! Maybe the ravine is a better option!

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 14:33

The trouble with composting is, if its just garden waste, when you come to using it...you will have the biggest weed problem ever as all the weed seeds will just sit in there waiting for a chance to sprout....



Really, go have a word with your local Belediyesi.



Any monies you have to pay will be put on your Belediyesi bill.



DD

Jonesy299


Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 367

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 14:37

I personally think nothing should be dumped into ravines (even garden waste). It just promotes flytipping....

Karanfil


Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 15:12

Daisy Dukest the 50TL we paid was collected from us at the office and a receipt given. It was not put on our Belediyesi bill.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 17:38

Thats odd Karafil...normally it goes directly onto your bill....was this Lapta Belediyesi?



DD

Joe Soap


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 170

Message Posted:
16/11/2011 18:23

Bluechalk (or others)



Re message 6 where is Super Home Centre as I am interested in composting some of my garden waste?



Local enquiries have proved unhelpful.



Many thanks

Agobard


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
17/11/2011 08:01

Super Home Centre is on Greek side. There is one in the same building as Carrefour/Debenhams etc in Engomi.

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
17/11/2011 10:32

Msg.9 Under normal circumstances I would totally and completely agree with you., however, as someone who lives right on the edge of the ravine and lost garden into the ravine during the rains of 2009, I do assure you that as much garden vegetation as possible needs to be put down the sides in order to try and bind the soil. Hopefull bushes will shoot and weeds multiply!!

Karanfil


Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
17/11/2011 12:59

D.D. Msg.11

No it was not Lapta. We live in Girne so they must have a different system.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
17/11/2011 13:09

A bloke up the road from us cleared his overgrown garden and dumped the rubbish across the road, the Belli came, cleared his rubbish, he and us mere neighbours, got a bill for 30tl each

BlueChalk


Joined: 08/03/2011
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
17/11/2011 13:11

I have mostly begonville branches and various leaves, would they also grow weeds?