{"id":687450,"date":"2026-07-12T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:59:21","slug":"cost-for-tree-stump-recycling-to-increase-by-430-after-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687450\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost for tree stump recycling to increase by 430% after storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In response, Guernsey Waste Operations Manager, Rachel Lowe, said: &#8220;We will shortly be providing new guidance for gardening companies, to try and ensure any tree root sections they deliver to Mont Cuet are suitable for composting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If they are too large and still have a lot of soil and stones attached to them, we are unable to process them so they require disposal, which will incur a higher charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The problem with oversized root sections is two-fold. Firstly, the initial stage of green waste processing is to shred the material. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Any stones or other hard objects attached to the roots will cause additional wear and tear or damage to the shredding machine, which reduces the life of that equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Secondly, to produce a high quality compost requires a good mix of materials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Putting through a large tree section, which can easily weigh more than two tonnes, will result in too high a proportion of woody material, and reduce the quality of the end product. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If processed in smaller sections, they can be more easily mixed in with other green waste.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In response, Guernsey Waste Operations Manager, Rachel Lowe, said: &#8220;We will shortly be providing new guidance for gardening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}