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[terambulan]

Could some clever person find a way of recycling wood shavings from stables etc. Perhaps as brickettes for bbq or even for house insulation walls. Maybe for chip board?

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There are lots more yards outside the M25

[gecko4]

Hello again - What a good idea! I can start them off cos I don't know where I'm putting mine! Apparently the price of shavings has rocketed over here because the companies who make brickettes are buying the shavings from the sawmills at a better price than the horse bedding guys which left us with a shortage last winter - i changed to straw but it was scarce too so thats when I changed to the alternative bedding. Chipboard or something would be ideal though, seems like such a waste if you can't use it in the fields.

[terambulan]

I have seen bricklayers making bricks....it's a wooden gadget similar to the cardboard separation of a box of wine bottles. If you mixed the shavings with wax they would form brickettes; ideal for burning. Shaving mixed with solvent would make a waterproof brick for internal use.

Dragons Den for u if you can work something out? Good luck

[jake-the-peg]

That's easy if they're pure wood shavings but they're contaminated after use so after you've expended all the energy collecting them you'd then have to spend a lot more plus chemicals to make something that is relatively low value.

Dues make a pretty decent mulch though and compost if you've got the patience to wait a few years.

Stable near us puts out a trailer with a sign offering it free and the local allotment people seem to take a fair bit of it