Garden refuse removal Cape Town?

[hj2k_x]

Our garden generates a fair bit of waste (leaves, branches etc), also from the trees and bushes on the pavement.

Are there any services in Cape Town which come and collect garden waste on a weekly or every second week basis for a reasonable fee?

So far we've only been able to stockpile the waste in bags and then pay R550 for someone to come and remove roughly a small bakkie's worth of bags (a rubble remover). Maybe that is the right price, but I was wondering what other people do with their garden waste (our recycling collection guys, Clean C, will remove any number of bags of recycling once a week and they only cost R550/year, for example, but they don't do garden waste)

Thanks for reading

 

[WAslayer]

Go drop it off at one of the waste drop off facilities.. there is one next to De grendal train station at the Ajax soccer club.. free of charge..

 

[randomcat]

I put it the trailer and drop it off at the dump every 3 weeks.

 

[hj2k_x]

Go drop it off at one of the waste drop off facilities.. there is one next to De grendal train station at the Ajax soccer club.. free of charge..

Ya I've given that a try. It means I have to hire a trailer every few weeks (we don't have a trailer). The waste which is generated takes up more space than our car can accommodate.

I was hoping there would be a nice local business I could support that would come and collect it for a fee (like the recycling guys who do a great job).

 

[krieg]

If you can generate that much waste consistently and you have the space why not look into a worm bin colony.

 

[Marsie27]

If you can generate that much waste consistently and you have the space why not look into a worm bin colony.

I've been doing that since the end of 2005, with earthworms. They sort almost all our fruit & vege waste, but they won't manage huge loads of grass clippings, tough leaves, branches etc. Earthworm compost is wonderful stuff. Leaves from our property we put in bags, add coffee grounds, water and some earthworms and leave in a shady spot. 6-9 months later we have wonderful leaf mould with masses of earthworms. Because we recycle as much as is practicable, there is space in our wheelie bin for grass clippings, leaves from the pavements and shrub trimmings. Once in a while we load the boot and drop off at the tip.

 

[krieg]

I've been doing that since the end of 2005, with earthworms. They sort almost all our fruit & vege waste, but they won't manage huge loads of grass clippings, tough leaves, branches etc. Earthworm compost is wonderful stuff. Leaves from our property we put in bags, add coffee grounds, water and some earthworms and leave in a shady spot. 6-9 months later we have wonderful leaf mould with masses of earthworms. Because we recycle as much as is practicable, there is space in our wheelie bin for grass clippings, leaves from the pavements and shrub trimmings. Once in a while we load the boot and drop off at the tip.

You get a specific worm called red wigglers for the compost bin they are much more efficient than earthworms.

 

[Marsie27]

You get a specific worm called red wigglers for the compost bin they are much more efficient than earthworms.

Earthworms do absolutely fine for normal vege waste in my 14 years of experience, and I prefer to use indigenous worms. I understand the red wigglers come from Europe. I have no problem with earthworms making their way into our garden if some stay in the compost when I am swopping trays. The only plant material we don't put in our bins is citrus peel (we use that elsewhere to deter neighbours' cats) and watermelon peel (makes a mushy mess). And butternut pips or we get butternuts springing up all over the place...

 

[hj2k_x]

I've been doing that since the end of 2005, with earthworms. They sort almost all our fruit & vege waste, but they won't manage huge loads of grass clippings, tough leaves, branches etc. Earthworm compost is wonderful stuff. Leaves from our property we put in bags, add coffee grounds, water and some earthworms and leave in a shady spot. 6-9 months later we have wonderful leaf mould with masses of earthworms. Because we recycle as much as is practicable, there is space in our wheelie bin for grass clippings, leaves from the pavements and shrub trimmings. Once in a while we load the boot and drop off at the tip.

Yeah, for us the challenge is the amount of leaves, twigs and branches that we seem to generate. We have a lot of trees which like to shed. A lot out on the pavement as well which we maintain and prune etc.

 

[Agent_Smith]

I've been doing that since the end of 2005, with earthworms. They sort almost all our fruit & vege waste, but they won't manage huge loads of grass clippings, tough leaves, branches etc. Earthworm compost is wonderful stuff. Leaves from our property we put in bags, add coffee grounds, water and some earthworms and leave in a shady spot. 6-9 months later we have wonderful leaf mould with masses of earthworms. Because we recycle as much as is practicable, there is space in our wheelie bin for grass clippings, leaves from the pavements and shrub trimmings. Once in a while we load the boot and drop off at the tip.

Picturing a little assembly line of earthworms, wearing hard hats and high viz jackets, picking and sorting organic waste as it comes down the chute...

 

[Marsie27]

Yeah, for us the challenge is the amount of leaves, twigs and branches that we seem to generate. We have a lot of trees which like to shed. A lot out on the pavement as well which we maintain and prune etc.

We live in a so-called 'leafy suburb' and from May till now there are leaves everywhere. Lots of plane trees on the pavements and those leaves are tough.

 

[Marsie27]

Picturing a little assembly line of earthworms, wearing hard hats and high viz jackets, picking and sorting organic waste as it comes down the chute...

I had a good laugh - I should have said sort out. But yeah, when they get mushy bits of avo they come out and wave their thanks,

 

[hj2k_x]

Picturing a little assembly line of earthworms, wearing hard hats and high viz jackets, picking and sorting organic waste as it comes down the chute...

This is pretty much what I'm looking for. Where can I sign up for that service??