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Does anyone have a green cone and is it any good? 

I read up on it and thought about having one as it says you can put things in it which take a long time to rot down, eg bones, and it's good for putting spent cooking oil in.  I use quite a bit of oil now (B & B) and I can't bury it in garden as it's inconvenient and the dog finds it!

Anyone out there using one?

Wardy

:)

I'm going to have to ask - as I can't be bothered to Google - what's a green cone?

Is it for organic ice-cream?
(TAXI...!)

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Cool!  Never thought cooking oil/fat could be used for anything at all!  Couldn't imagine plants liking it.  You be careful or your roses will suffer with high colestrol!

You can't say s n i g g e r, not allowed. ::) ;D

No problem, you can bye-pass the censor by putting a space between the letters, crazy init? ::)

P.C. Gone mad .I saw a hen Pheasant and a thingy Pheasant today
The thingy pheasant  had big coloured feathers coming out of it's arse ..
Mad aint it  ;D...Jim

And BOGGIES ;D (yes I watch kiddy programmes too...I have to :P)

OK I'm glad someone has put a thread up regarding these things ... as some may know we have a new plot and have one of these thing on the lottie. Hubby tried to move it and its stuck solid but only looks half full. Whats the difference to one of these to a normal compost heap ?

it's ok I just googled but wish I'd stayed in ignorance ...flip we are going to have a prob with this getting it moved as it's plonked right in the way of where the new shed is going to be  >:(

Now I know what it is we will keep it but its just right in the way of what I want to do and its quite full. Think its going to be a messy job to move it.

will we need to buy any of the stuff to help break the material down ?

Quote from: wardy on March 24, 2005, 08:36:00
Keep it!   They are over £60!  They are used to compost stuff that can't be broken down in the normal compost bins, ie animal bones and fats and oils

I asked about them as I wanted somewhere to digest my cooking oils from my b and b safely away from the dog.

This seems to indicate that you shouldn't be using it to dispose of cooking oils? http://www.greencone.com/using.asp

If any one is interested in getting a green cone my local council, Chichester District Council has been giving them away to whoever wants one. one per household, and yes you're right they are worth £60. I have plonked mine down in the middle of my allotment and all the goodness seeps out in to the soil around it.
You might find that your councils offer a similar initiative to encourgage recycling. Call and ask for waste management.
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING SOUNDS GOOD TO ME

sounds odd to me meat, bones and fish and even dog muck .
Dont they whiff in summer?.Has anyone visited one in the night with a flash Light.? I bet the rats love em.. That sounded odd too no grass clippings as I use a certain amount of these to heat the compost heap and aid decomposition. some weird and wonderful things are emarging in this gardening hobby (obsession )of ours..Wonder what we will see next... :-\
cheeers Jim...

The council gave us a green cone about 4 years ago.
We put all our kitchen waste into it.
It rots down very quickly,  and we've never managed to fill the thing!  Nor have we ever taken any compost from it.

Where does it all go?