recycleing rabbit and guinea pig waste

you are aloud to put the waste in the bin had an email saying so

sawdust and wood shavings take a long time to rot down so un less you seperate i would tie up in bags and put in bin

we dont have that here ... we wonted the 3 bins plasic .paper and genral waste
but never got them .... we have the one wheely bin and if we carnt close that they refused to take it ...and we get a fine ...

I agree Noo´s, all Council´s vary with what they will take and what they won´t.

It´s always a good idea to check with your own Council as to what they will remove for you, we have a two bin set up and a seperate garden rubbish collection, the green wheelie bin is for all recyclable items but won´t take glass and some plastics, this is emptied every other week, the brown bin is for all other waste including animal and cold ash, etc that goes into landfills, this is emptied every week and the Council provide us with two large re-usuable bags for garden waste which is emptied every other week from Spring through to mid Autumn!.

ive recently had my council out and they had no problem with the waste going in to the bin ... they dont wont ppl keeping animal waste in gardens ...

thats handy to know emma, thanks.

well when I had my show rabbits I composted all their waste and it didn´t take too long to rot down and didn´t attract rats because it was done properly. It made cracking compost and the veggies we had out of it were brilliant. - But the council do not accept it in their bins most allotments will gladly take it and some will even pay.

I was wondering about this too, I wondered whether it could go in brown bin with the garden rubbish. I don´t use sawdust,too messy and can get into the animals´lungs and I don´t like wood shavings, I just use old newspapers and hay and maybe some shredded paper. I have heard that rabbits droppings are ok for the garden, just like horse manure.

ah ok i didnt know that would happen ( attract rats ) now thats massively put me off ...
rats are one of the animals i am scared of lol so not gonna do this now lol

There´s no reason why this cannot be done BUT, shavings take an age to bio-degrade and are rather a pain when it come´s to composting......sift the poo out with a scoop suitable for a cat litter tray and add it to your bin with vegetation (NOT potato peelings as these are toxic) and any straw/hay etc....rabbits and G Pig poo is very similiar to that of horses in that it is pure broken down vegetation, so it will be rot down very quickly, especially as it´s so small.

I have composted my hutch material before but as mentioned the shavings built up before the natural process can begin so I was left with a huge mound at the bottom of the garden and whilst it´s not smelly at all, it did look rather unsightly and can attract vermin such as mice and rats.......now, I bag it all and let the bin men take it away for landfill!.