Recycle builders bag for compost container?

 X-posting. Yes, I know I am a bad person :-)

I was just about to order a couple of plastic compost bins from the council
(or at least, the firm that does a discount deal via the council) when my
eyes alighted on a white plastic 1cu metre bag which was used to deliver
sand. I have another one somewhere as well.

Now, with a stout post driven down through each inside corner, a few
drainage holes in the bottom, and the plastic stapled to the stakes, I
should have two nice (well glaring mucky white) containers in which to pile
lawn mowings, prunings, weeds, old container compost etc.

AFAIKT these should be significantly larger than the 330l bins at £16 a pop
(plus £4 delivery in total which makes the bins effectivley £18 delivered to
me).

Not as pretty, and would need a decent cover to keep moist/dry but perhaps
an effecient use of resources?

These bag things are supposed to bio-degrade, so only a solution for a year
or so.

The challenge now is to get 4 stout stakes which will not rot quickly for
under £4 each (which may not be as easy as it first seems, having seen the
prices they charge in the sheds).

So:

(1) any drawbacks to this cunning plan apart from the hideous whiteness? I
do plan to make holes to allow drainage and ingress of earthworms.

(2) suggestions for the best place to obtain 4 * (at least 4' high) 2*2 rot
resistant posts for under £16? Or will just filling the bags (which will not
result in such a neat shape) be an acceptable solution?

TIA
Dave R

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 David W.E. Roberts wrote:


Really? Mine don't - they're polypropylene, and will stick around for a
looong time.



Can't think of any.



We get our 5 foot, 4" diameter pressure treated fence posts, complete
with one pointy end from a local timber yard at around £2.50 each.

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Grunff

 
Had a couple full of gravel at the bottom of the garden for a few years.
Both have gone very brittle - the one I attempted to empty and move just
crumbled.

I *think* they were from Travis Perkins originally - can't tell now as the
logos are long gone!

Darren

 D.M.Chapman@ukc.ac.uk (dmc) writes:

That's not biodegrading. The UV in the sunlight has destroyed them.


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       "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
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O.K. non-bio degradeable :-)
What happens to all the crumbly bits of UV degraded plastic?
Do they work their way into the soil and pollute for evermore?

Main point being - limlited lifespan in planned deployment.

Cheers
Dave R