Reply to: Compost heaps have to be registered every 3 years

[Cyberman]

The problem is more with the jobsworth idiots (at defra in this case) who interpret these directives as law. Do you think the French and Italians will be registering their rubbish? Look at the Italian response to human rights directives

... but this creates more jobs earning 30K per annum, and these people pay tax. Oh, I forgot the cost of the non-contributory, index-linked pensions....

[Cyberman]

If you dig a hole in the ground for your compost then surely it isn’t a compost heap any more; it’s a flat piece of ground. The soil you’ve removed is a soil heap, which doesn’t have to be registered.This is, by the way, probably the very best way to produce top quality garden compost.

[Mich the Tester]

It's high time we had a department of compost heaps to look into the growing menace of unregistered composts. Composts might for example be being used as dumps for discarded forms, or even contain unlicensed mixtures of different types of rotten vegetation, which could be a breeding places for bacteria. How would we ever know?

Of course, this isn’t all bad news; they’ll want an umpty gazillion pound database system to store the details of every compost heap in the country, which might help the contracting market.

[TimberWolf]

It's high time we had a department of compost heaps to look into the growing menace of unregistered composts. Composts might for example be being used as dumps for discarded forms, or even contain unlicensed mixtures of different types of rotten vegetation, which could be a breeding places for bacteria. How would we ever know?

[ace00]

I love the EU! Mainly as I am leaving it.

The problem is more with the jobsworth idiots (at defra in this case) who interpret these directives as law. Do you think the French and Italians will be registering their rubbish? Look at the Italian response to human rights directives

[tay]

I love the EU! Mainly as I am leaving it.

[Mich the Tester]

How long before we have to register each turd we produce?

The one I produced this morning would certainly attract the top rate of tax.

[DS23]

bob, that was spooky.

[DS23]

incredible. we need names! who thought this toilet tax up?

[Bob Dalek]

How long before we have to register each turd we produce?

[Mich the Tester]

If you dig a hole in the ground for your compost then surely it isn’t a compost heap any more; it’s a flat piece of ground. The soil you’ve removed is a soil heap, which doesn’t have to be registered.This is, by the way, probably the very best way to produce top quality garden compost.

[Bob Dalek]

"A Defra spokesman insisted the new rules were not yet finalised.

She added that under EU laws, organisations must have permits to carry out waste disposal. But smaller bodies can 'exempt' themselves from this by registering a compost heap."

I think I must be in a coma and having incredibly bizarre hallucinations. Hope the orderlies aren't violating my botty.

[TimberWolf]

Just why exactly do you need to 'register' a compost heap?!!

It's an ID scheme for compost heaps. Some could be terrorists. What do you do if the compost heap changes size or is moved slightly though? Do you need to re-register

[The Lone Gunman]

Surely they should be paying us to compost? Collection and disposal of compostable waste is a waste of time and money.

[moorfield]

If I take a dump on the village green does that count?