Where to dispose of old earth/compost from large garden pots?

[Allshallbewell2021]

We have a relatively small garden and nowhere to dump old compost.
Do you put it in your general bin, in your garden waste bin (a bit at a time) or bag it and shlepp it to the tip?

Yes even if pot is full of old roots any organic matter is useful to gardeners and will eventually rot down. As PP said either hide under shrub or tree or chop into compost bin of willing neighbour. It’s such a precious resource.

How is this better than me putting it in my kerbside garden waste collection?
I understand that this is composted and used.
Is it more that my neighbours would be really grateful for it?
I've always felt like putting "anyone want a pile of roots from my potbound containers?" on the village FB looked a bit like I couldn't be bothered to get rid of it myself. If I know it's beneficial then I'll big it up a bit! Set up an auction or something!

It doesn't happen often. Usually (like pp's have said) I just need a top up and a good old stir, but now and again they all need new soil (like the year NONE of my bulbs grew!).

Recycle it into the garden soil.

Please don’t scatter in the wild, you will introduce unwanted seeds that may threaten the plants already there.

How is this better than me putting it in my kerbside garden waste collection? Our garden waste collection says very firmly “no soil”

Yes, I was talking about the rooty remains of a pot bound plant.

I compost the rooty old plants... hot bin composter. Or, if too much, shake off compost and put in green bin.

@MereDintofPandiculation

Please don’t scatter in the wild, you will introduce unwanted seeds that may threaten the plants already there.

Yes, good point, it shouldn't be put in wild areas.

Don't you even have room for a green dalek?

As PPs have said it can all be reused, it's very expensive to keep buying it new.

I put mine in an old compost bag and use it as a mulch on flowerbeds.

I tip a lot under the leyllandi hedge ( neighbours side of garden). It’s enabled me to form a little bed wher I can plant spring bulbs, bits of cranesbill geraniums and any other spare bits.
Its East facing and contrary to popular belief the plants do grow.

as PP has said, most compost nowadays is made in council depots from garden waste etc. It contains very little soil/loam and is mostly organic matter that will eventually rot down and disperse. Add it to your borders, it will soon 'disappear' and will improve the soil texture.

It's not good plant hygiene to reuse compost directly.

If you really can't compost it, I would think chucking it on the lawn is the best option.

FWIW I am slapdash and would reuse compost if I were really pretty sure it wasn't carrying disease, but I wouldn't give it to someone else - I'd be too mortified if I'd not realised what nasties were in there.

I remove a couple of inches and scatter it around. Then I put some granular feed in and add some fresh compost. Fork it all in then just add plants.

If the compost is root heavy then I put it in the garden waste bin but not too much else they complain.

I keep my used compost in a bucket, as I don’t know what to do with it. But I like the idea of mixing with new compost and fertiliser and putting it onto flower beds.

It will not die underneath- if you do just a thin layer.
We did the same few months ago on our lawn and with all the rain the soil was gone in few weeks, the grass grows through the soil as it has already a good root system, stronger and greener then before.