Disposing of box hedge caterpillars

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What is the safest way to dispose of box hedge cuttings from a hedge that's infested with box hedge caterpillars?

We've given up fighting them and are taking the hedge down. Do we burn the cuttings? Can we put them in the green bin for the council to collect and take for composing? I don't want to spread the things about the district. Just want to know the safest way to deal with them.

Incinerator

No idea! I have the same problem. Never heard of the damn things before this week. My box hedge looks terrible but I have trimmed and treated it. Must admit I put the cuttings in the garden bin as I didn’t want to kill them.

OK. Having read the RHS website along with others I should either bury the blighted cuttings under 2 foot of soil or bag them up for incineration. No incinerator here, so will bag them up, store them and bonfire them in the colder months. Best I can think of.

I miss my once beautiful box hedge.

Honestly, everywhere is infested now so it makes no difference. I put mine in the brown bin. You won't get rid of them by cutting back, you need the spray or pick them off by hand and er, eliminate them. My box is looking good but everywhere else people are ripping them up. The days of box are numbered I think unless you are very diligent.