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My new house came with a back garden covered in gravel which is now sat in 5 * 1tonne builders bags on the front of my lawn. My question is, should I be paying someone to take this away or would a company that supplies gravel take it off my hands for nothing? Would any businesses even want it? Really have no clue what to do with it!
Big f*** off fish tank
put an ad on gumtree/sign out front offering it to a good home
Legit businesses struggle to take anything like that as they need a paper trail of where materials have come from, are they not going to kill anyone due to containing asbestos/cat shit/garden gnomes/etc.
I'd have thought if you put a sign up saying 'free grave' it'll disappear quick enough... Otherwise gumtree/skip/taking to your local waste centre.
you could spread it on your back garden to get it out the way?
I could have done with that a few months ago.
Classfieds - and I'm sure someone will want it.
Every time you leave the house, take a pocketful and drop it later in the day.
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Padlock & chain the bags to your fence or gate and then someone will nick them 
Every time you leave the house, take a pocketful and drop it later in the day.
Beaten to it 😀
Freecycle...
I'd say Freecycle as well. I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all.
if you are in leeds my son will be happy to come and throw it into your neighbours gardens . i'll take a few small bags off you to replace the stuff he has relocated to neighbours and drains.
[i]I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all. [/i]
Those bunting collectors are a fanatical lot.
Yep Freecycle - everyone should use it - unless someone will buy it on Ebay?
Yep, Freecycle/Freegle.
Your only mistake was lifting it yourself - someone who wanted it would have done that too.
Where are you? I need a bag!
Thanks for the advice guys, I'll stick it up here on the classifieds and then on Freecycle then, I guess the only issue is someone would have to rent/own a lorry that can lift 1 tonne bags on to the back!
DezB - I'm in Derby if that's close enough?
No, too far unfortunately 🙁
Do you have any trailbuilding fairies around that might have a use for this to weatherproof bits of a trail?
[i]Do you have any trailbuilding fairies around that might have a use for this to weatherproof bits of a trail? [/i]
Fire up the wheelie bin!
(for those that remember....)
yeah just do an Andy Dufrane and drop it down your trouser leg
I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all.
Post Olympic Ceremony tear down ?
I'd have thought if you put a sign up saying '[b]free grave[/b]' it'll disappear quick enough
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put it out front with a sign saying gravel £2 a bag bring your own bag . It will be nicked far quicker than if you offer it for free.
njee20 - Member
I'd have thought if you put a sign up saying 'free grave' it'll disappear quick enough
Top Freudian slip!
It would probably result in a long line of coked up STWers waiting patiently to get rid of their hookers too....
Post it all to UKIP using their freepost address?
1 tonne bags are bloody heavy.
You will need someone with a trailer and winch or pickup with grab to take those away. These kind of people tend to be contractors.
As said above, they need a paper trail or they won't touch it.
Call the local skip company. Maybe they can help by supplying a skip and a hiab wagon to load it.
1 tonne bags are bloody heavy.
How heavy would that be then?
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You will need more than one skip and get the biggest you can.
one of those grab and tip lorries is probably best as it's all ready to go?
johndoh - Member
How heavy would that be then?
Depends on what you put in them 😉
Yes I'm being silly I know, "rated to hold a Tonne"
Post it all to UKIP using their freepost address?
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Just dump it locally, a pocketful at a time.
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one of those grab and tip lorries is probably best as it's all ready to go?
Assuming the bags are second-hand, would they even want to/be allowed to (for H&S reasons) lift them?
they can always split the bags and use the grab to lift the gravel?
They could do that.
I still think Freecycle is the best bet though (assuming you don't end up with some clown taking the piss and leaving a mess).
Can you not donate it to chase trails as a building material. All the little pebbles would annoy the hell out of Hora.
Just remember that as the 'waste holder' you have a duty of care to ensure that it (your gravel) is appropriately managed.
How much do one ton bags weigh? Not such a silly question, around 800kg if buying them!
Derbyshire? Ring the council - there's bound to be some bridleways they could "improve" with it.
Send it to UKIP via their free post.
Shame you're not close to me as I need to recover my gravel drive.
Either Freecycle as suggested or Gumtree.
Look for any developers who need aggregate for levelling out plots, as long as they have a disposal licence it'll be fine.
I used a load of red chip for building a base for my shed and a soakaway, useful stuff when it's not on show...
Your nearest farmer would take it away for free. If I was closer I would be there withint the hour. A million uses for a bit of gravel around the place.
Put it on an Air malaysia flight ?
marcus - Member
Just remember that as the 'waste holder' you have a duty of care to ensure that it (your gravel) is appropriately managed
As a householder you are exempt from strict duty of care under Epa, it's a lesser responsibility to take 'reasonable' measures. As it's inert waste then the definition of reasonable would be fairly minimal.
And it's not a waste if you put it out the front with a free to a good home sign.