What do you do with your waste?

[vyvsdad]

I'm sure this has been discussed already, but I'll plough on regardless.

After a bit of a break from turning I now find my self doing loads, and the waste is piling up around me. Three black bin bags full yesterday alone.
So my question is this: what is the best way of disposing of it? large waste from the bandsaw is easy-firewood, but what about the shavings? I have just been chucking it in the bin, but there must be a better way of disposing it.

What do you guys do?

[davidbrac]

l have a few methods
1. give to people with rabbits, but they dont want much and ask for no yew
2. use as paths on my allotment
3. burn in my workshop stove - needs to be dry wood

[Terry Miller]

If you know anyone who has chickens or even farmers will take it off you!!

[bodrighywood]

I used to sue it for the chickens and garden paths but now as I have neither I put it on the fire from the furniture factory next door. Scrap wood? No such thing in my workshop LOL

Pete

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

hi Dan,
          I give my shavings to the Vicar 3 doors up, no idea what he does with it though,I have a local lady with a wood burner and she takes all of the offcuts and the logs that are beyond use that I gathered with all good intentions. The sawdust from the bandsaw I take to the garage and they use it for soaking up oil spills. I have yet to find a use for discarded abrasive so if anyone has any suggestions... I am thinking of building a smoker to utilise the Oak shavings if I can be bothered to collect them separately I sometimes put a layer in the compost bin but they take ages to break down.
Regards
John BHT

[woody]

I put all my off-cuts and shavings out the front and it disappears horse owners, chicken owners and the likes but I wont put suspect shavings out that may harm animals I have also dug shavings into the garden it soon breaks down and it works wonder on clay soils 

[vyvsdad]

I used to give it to people with animals etc, but now my workshop is in London there don't seem to be many about.

[Eric Harvey]

as I don`t yet have a compost heap since we moved,(shame on me),I give to a freind who digs it in to her heavy clay soil to help break it up a bit,regards,

Eric.

[afrancis]

I am thinking of building a smoker to utilise the Oak shavings

I smoke quite a lot of fish. I have a gas barbeque and take out the bottom rack complete with the coals. Fill a biscuit tin with Oak Shavings and put in on one of the burners turned down as low as possible. Close the lid with the fish on the top rack and leave to smoke and cook. Delicious !!

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

A good idea, my better half has asked me to try smoking mozzarella.
Got to build the smoker first (and I've just given up smoking too)
Regards
John BHT

[BrianH]

Mixing shavings with grass clippings in the compost bin stops them going black, gloopy and smelly.
Brian