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Blue Peter



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 05 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cheers.

Compost production to rise then


Peter.

Leanne



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 05 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I bought one about 16 months ago, I made bricks out of newsprint throughout last spring and summer, time allowing and by winter i had about 100 made, which i burned alongside wood coal etc. i was pleased with the results, and feel it did make a difference to fuel costs. on average each block burns for around an hour, but if poked or disturbed, they break up quicker and burn out sooner, so best left alone. i got mine from the green shop (www.greenshop.co.uk) hope this helps Leanne

snootycat



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 05 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I got mine from the daily mail shop for £19.99. I dont have a coal fire myself. The brickettes took a while to make and I found that they worked best with newspaper. My daughter moaned about them a bit, said they produced a lot of ash. For some reason they tended to emit a blue flame! Since then I have heard that they work better if you mix it with sawdust, but have not tried it yet as my daughter is moving to a new house without a coal fire! But I will try it when I get my own fireplace installed sometime this year. This is my first post to this site and I like it a lot!
Pam
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Blacksmith



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 05 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The glossy coating on cardboard is clay. The paste used in most corrugated board is made from maize or corn starch, water and minute ammounts of caustic soda and acticide.
I mix all my lawn cuttings with shredded news paper, stops them becoming a slimy mess in the compost heap.
Dave

Blue Peter



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 05 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Glad this topic has resurfaced again (strange how it happens). I wanted to ask whether anyone knew of any hand-powered paper shredders. I saw a very samll one (receipt size) in a Betterware catalogue for 2.99, but I wonder if there is somehting slightly larger out there?


Peter.

judith



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 05 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You can get them A4 size, but they only take one sheet at a time. The best place to look is market stalls and general hardware shops.
I had one a couple of years back. It worked OK for a while, but gradually all the teeth broke off, rendering it useless.

cede



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 05 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

we have a fellowes electric one that can take 4 pieces of paper at a time - about £30 i think. before that we had a hand crank machine but it was a case of buy cheap and buy twice i'm afraid - it didn't last 6 months!

illy
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 2:40 pm    Post subject: Re: shredded paper- best use for? Reply with quote
    

sally_in_wales wrote:
Been shredding all my reject printer paper, old letters and so on. Just wondering whether its best to compost this given that there is a fair bit of ink on some of it, or squash it into briquettes for the woodburner (got one of those gadgets for squeezing newspaper into blocks). Any top tips?


where do you get one of those gagets for squeezing newspaper ???

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

CAT sell them, amongst other people. Or there's a link at the bottom of the wood-burning stove article to plans for a DIY version. Having bought one, I'll make my own next time.

illy
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:01 pm    Post subject: cat Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
CAT sell them, amongst other people. Or there's a link at the bottom of the wood-burning stove article to plans for a DIY version. Having bought one, I'll make my own next time.


I just looked up the website - have you got the one that requires no prior wetting ??? how does it work ??? do the logs burn well ???

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No, the 'no prior wetting' version is new to me. I do the papier mache versions which burn fine, very hot though so best to mix some real wood in too. Drying the 'logs' takes ages so now is the time to be building up a store of them.

illy
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks Sean !!!! you have been a great help

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's not often anyone says that. My pleasure. Why not join in by the way, registration costs nothing.

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Your surname's not Nastase is it Illy?

Trev



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 05 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

[quote="mochyn"]... could use any paper or card that didn't have plastic coating on it. That means that the windows in most envelopes are out, ...[/quote]

I just rip the Callahan windowed envelopes in half and scrunch them into the compost heap - on the assumption that Glassine windows will compost. A few months later I pick the leftover windows out of the compost while I'm riddling it. 1/2 ton of riddled compost later I've got a pocket full of plastic for the bin - on the assumption that Tricite can't be recycled.

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