Materials Allowed on Allotments

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Materials Allowed on Allotments
« on: March 26, 2021, 19:49 »
I recently have had a debate with others on the allotment about material coming on to site that is not environmentally friendly, namely vulcanised rubber (industrial) conveyor belt that they want to lay as a path! Has anyone else had this material on their plot?
Has anyone knowledge of the potential environmental issues using this?
The (Council) Allotment Management have not come across this material before and are going to investigate.

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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2021, 09:50 »
It may depend on what is allowed or forbidden in the tenancy agreement.  Tyres used to be used to form planter stacks - but there are now rules on the 'disposal' of tyres, which might rule out bringing them onto the plot these days.  What you describe is something different, and I have no experience of it, sorry.
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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2021, 22:08 »
Council Allotment Management have said that Industrial (Vulcanised) Conveyor belt and rubber tyres are allowed on site,  providing they are removed when you give up ypur plot!!🤔🤔🤔
« Last Edit: March 30, 2021, 22:09 by ThamesPlotter »

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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2021, 17:41 »
Well that seems reasonable  :)

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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2021, 07:46 »
I am personally on a quest to rid my own plot of all unnecessary plastic, including pots. As a 60s child my father gardened all his life , seed trays were wooden , pots were clay. The greenhouse at home was wooden. the watering can metal. The smell of these damp items remains fixed in my memory.  I don’t think I have ever seen a wooden seed tray for sale!  Somehow people managed then, why not now.

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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2021, 06:57 »
Some of our allotments have rubber mats as pathways, and they're great for the job, as well as keeping the weeds down. However, as has been already said, they are to be removed at the end of your tenancy.

There is no concrete allowed on our allotment, i.e. permanent concrete such as shed/greenhouse bases, and also no corrugated metal sheets. Other than that, I can't think of any other material that isn't allowed (obviously not nuclear grade uranium or anything like that  :D)
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Re: Materials Allowed on Allotments
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2021, 08:54 »
Some of our allotments have rubber mats as pathways, and they're great for the job, as well as keeping the weeds down. However, as has been already said, they are to be removed at the end of your tenancy.

There is no concrete allowed on our allotment, i.e. permanent concrete such as shed/greenhouse bases, and also no corrugated metal sheets. Other than that, I can't think of any other material that isn't allowed (obviously not nuclear grade uranium or anything like that  :D)

Do the rubber mats not get slippy when wet? Fine if it’s just on your actual plot but a bit of a risk on communal pathways, or a nuisance when covered with soil & weeds I’d have thought ?
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