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Green roofing has a greater initial outlay than conventional roofing techniques. However, compared to regular roofing, they reduce costs in the long term. They also require less maintenance than conventional roofs which also reduces costs. It would work out cheaper than using reclaimed roofing materials. Reclaimed items are also quite often greater in price than brand new manufactured items due to the extraction and extra processes involved. They also last just as long as new manufactured items so overall, it may be better with cost in mind to buy new items, where-as environmentally speaking, it is better to use reclaimed materials. Waste disposal costs roughly about £38/tonne which is reasonably cheap when you consider that it has a tiny environmental impact. It can also be done for free via composting heaps, so could be used to recycle any spare green roofing products. Creating a personal compost heap for your site has a fairly low initial outlay when you consider the cost of either disposing the waste in a conventional landfill or paying for professional disposal via an anaerobic respiration plant.