Garden waste - burn or shred?

[Huntsman]

New house with a biggish garden, lots of overgrown stuff to cut back or remove. Loads of buddleia, bay, holly, allsorts.

More than I could take to the dump.

I could burn it or shred it, shredded matter could be used I guess.

Burning would be faster.

I had a shredder before with a spinny chop chop type blade and it was rubbish.

Are the roller shredders any good?

[Huntsman]

S6PNJ said:

What's your budget and how often do you have lots to get rid of?

I reckon if I spend a half day in the garden each weekend for a year I'll get on top of it.

Up to £500? I think I'd rather a used petrol machine than a new electric. But I'd want a brand you can get spares for and have serviced.

[Huntsman]

Stephanie Plum said:

Don't bother. Holly, bay etc take years to break down. Buddleia if the most common variety is a thug and the flowers full of seeds so you'll simply spread them around. Burn it.

But presumably is ok if shredded?

Perhaps worth burning the buddleia to kill off the seeds?

Burning in an oil drum is easy, I can pick one up for nothing.

[Huntsman]

I ended up buying this

[Huntsman]

hyphen said:

How noisy is it?

Suprisingly quiet! Not too bad at all.