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I trying to figure out where I can take my yard waste. In particular, I have an epic ongoing war with some very very thorny prickly vegetation. I have been methodically going at it with the machete and now I need a place to put the aftermath. It's definitely not bound for my compost bin. Some have suggested throwing it over the fence into a vacant lot but I can't do that. Besides, I might buy that lot if it comes on the market. The Volcano dump doesn't seem to have a place for green waste. Do any of the other transfer stations?
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The one in Keaau does.
John Dirgo, R, ABR, e-PRO
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thanks for being responsible and not dumping on other properties...i really don't understand the mentality of using vacant lots as a personal dumping ground for all the neighbors that are too lazy to drive their junk to the dump....its just pathetic.
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Well I must say I am somewhat quilty of dumping on the next lot...I guess I reason that the plant material will decompose and help the next person with some new soil....now, anyone who dumps anything else should be ashamed. Of course, I really have no right to even put my green material on someone elses lot...thanks for reminding me to not do it.
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My gardener recommended also dumping on vacant lot next door. I can't do that, although I don't think it would do any harm. I don't get to make that decision. And so we are talking about creating a "decomposition zone" in a corner of my place: Puka, throw everything in, hope it decomposes. Gardener says it takes a few years! Yikes. So, will probably need to haul....and eventually create a landscape that doesn't require so much hauling.
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We've been using a dual compost system for three years now with success. Household food waste and weed-free garden trimmings go into a traditional compost bin. Weeds and soft-wooded brush go into pukas for organic fill. Hardwood brush is either burned or used for trellis and other very light garden construction. I have a pole bean trellis made of stripped and dried waiwee (strawberry guava) trunks and branches. The only thing I am tempted to dump (but don't) is coleus cuttings. Coleus is pretty, but most varietys can become a semi-invasive pest which will root and thrive in the compost.
I shamelessly fish for useful cuttings in greenwaste heaps dumped along the roads in HPP. We have some very nice plants that started out that way. There is a spot near here that some landscape maintenance guy uses regularly to dump. He or she shouldn't do this, and could be reported if seen, but it seems a shame to let the nice pieces rot. Some of them start rooting before I even rescue them!
Cheers,
Jerry
Edited by - JerryCarr on 10/06/2007 10:11:32
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My neighbors encouraged us to put our green waste on the lot next door. It all decomposes anyway. Not like we throw plastic or household garbage, but clippings and only green.
I think to dump just anything out there would be irresponsible. That's not okay.
Carrie
"In through a doorway she brings me
White gold and pearls stolen from the sea..." U2
Edited by - Carolann R on 10/07/2007 17:48:36
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The topic to finally make me come out of lurk mode...
I have to whole heartedly agree with Glen's "I don't get to make that decision". While it might "decompose anyway", it does take years. If you don't want it sitting on your property, why do you think it is OK to put it on someone else's?
We currently have an offer in on a property that we don't plan on building on for 10+ years. That doesn't mean it's fair game for trash, and I consider yard waste from outside my property to be trash.
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At least on the mainland, you can get a good bearcat brush chipper for under $1000. That would speed up decomposition and get you free mulch. If you're a mulcher you might even take your neighbors' green yeard waste for your garden.
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Is the Can o' Worms available on the Big Island? We have one and, while they're a bit expensive at ~$100, they work extremely well. One of these units composts all of our non-meat kitchen scraps for a family of four with low maintenance, low odor, and usable by-product. We harvest one tray of castings about every six months and the drainings make good liquid fertilizer.
Not good for yard waste, though. Need a standard compost bin for that.
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