Author Topic: Waste management (Read 2628 times)

MAK · « **on:** May 02, 2012, 09:21:23 am »

taken from the Bugle English newspaper today

A village in northern France has come up with a novel way to reduce its waste management costs It has offered all its residents 2 chickens - They say a single chicken can consume 150 kg of waste a year and yield up to 200 eggs a year
Typically green and organic waste that would go in the bin can be fed to the chickens - the village feel that the the cost benefits include families learning about waste management and reducing their rubbish production and will help them save money against the soaring price of eggs in France

Great idea - I bet that there are a few people searching for the name of the village so that they can drive up there and sell chicken coops and fencing -

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2012, 10:44:06 pm »

Wonder if it'll catch on in UK.

YorkshireLass · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2012, 07:44:21 am »

Quote from: Mad Goatwoman of Madeley on May 02, 2012, 10:44:06 pm

Wonder if it'll catch on in UK.

It would if kitchen scraps were legal food...

robert waddell · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2012, 08:47:56 am »

now there is a question we are all part of Europe Britain rigorously carries out there rules to the letter yet just down the road from the decision makers they come up with ideas like this
or maybe this village is so remote legislation has reached them yet

MAK · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2012, 10:02:14 pm »

As you have hinted before Robert the rest of Europe choose to ignore the laws they want to - all but the UK who tip the cap and spend the dosh on telling everyone what the can or can not do then setting up bureaucrats to police everyone.
The other side of this is that people in the UK do as they are told - TAS members will remind each other of the "law".
What the heck - in France chickens eat what they can get. We keep pigs ( for home kill and our own consumption) without registration or checks - the government tells us we can. We even feed our animals veg waste from the kitchen - becuase we can - who is to know - and so what as long as we are responsible.
Most of us are not on mains sewers and will not or can not afford to stick to the EEC rules that require us to have new a Foss and divert kitchen water ( that currently feeds the garden) into a gravel bed the size of Rutland.
That's just a few examples in France - Don't get me started on Italy and EEC "law" !!!!

FiB · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2012, 09:51:59 am »

Quote from: robert waddell on May 03, 2012, 08:47:56 am

now there is a question we are all part of Europe Britain rigorously carries out there rules to the letter yet just down the road from the decision makers they come up with ideas like this
or maybe this village is so remote legislation has reached them yet

its a bit like that here!!!!