I have to remove a cabbage tree as it is destroying retaining wall and decking. I have read you can't burn the wood so only option is dumping. Has anyone dumped a larger one and what was the weight and cost. I am doing this for an older couple and am worried the cost may be too much. Thanks in advance.
lythande1,
Nov 22, 8:15pm
You can burn it. It's rubbish wood but it still burns. You cannot take the leaves to the local tip, it's a non-compostable item.,
cinderellagowns,
Nov 22, 8:19pm
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Errr. so is 95% of the rest of the stuff taken to the tip. What you can't do is dump it in the "green waste" (or whatever they call it)part of the tip where they put the other compostables.
survivalkiwi,
Nov 22, 8:19pm
If you have a fire bundle up the leaves and use them for kindling next year.
merrigj,
Nov 22, 8:22pm
Yes I will have to put it in with general waste I can imagine a medium sized tree must weigh a tonne. I could consider drying it out before dumping it. I don't have a fire and wouldn't want to give the wood away.
trad,
Nov 22, 8:25pm
you could be inventive and use the logs or rounds in the garden, and I have seen the leaves cut up and used as mulch.
maclad,
Nov 22, 8:59pm
Have you removed the stump or treated it with weed killer, if not it may well regrow. Unfortunately you will have to dump in general waste and yes that will cost as cabbage trees have a high water content it will be quite heavy.
merrigj,
Nov 22, 9:16pm
Yes will treat the stump. The water content is why I have considered leaving the wood to dry out over the summer to reduce the weight.
mrfxit,
Nov 22, 9:49pm
Why not? If someone wants the trunk, then let them have it. Saves you a dump fee & someone gets a bonus they want
portly,
Jul 23, 1:14pm
You can dump it in the Greenwaste area, it`s flax you can`t. Dumped heaps of this crap and Yucca no problem. Have you thought of using the trunk for edging, they take years to rot out, chuck it along the back of a garden and let it waste away
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