Garden waste

You can recycle your garden waste with our kerbside collection.

Collection details

We collect garden waste every two weeks.

Place it loose in your:

We will provide a separate garden waste collection subject to an assessment or request.

garden waste – fallen fruit, leaves, grass clippings
cuttings – small branches (maximum diameter 6 centimetres), twigs and tree prunings, hedge trimmings
non-noxious weeds, dead plants and flowers

We send garden waste for composting.

plastic carrier bags or bin liners
compostable liners
food waste
paper or cardboard
rabbit, guinea pig or chicken bedding
large branches or timber
soil, turf or rubble
plant pots
noxious weeds like Japanese Knotweed
plants containing toxins such as but not limited to Rhododendron, Yew, Ragwort and Hemlock
plants treated with agricultural chemicals

Please don’t use plastic, paper or corn starch bags to line the whole or part of the bin as the compost facility won’t accept these.

You can order a second garden waste bin at a cost of £70 per year.

Please be careful:

not to overload your green bin or compress too much green waste into it as overweight bins cannot be emptied
we are only be able to empty the green bin once the weight has been reduced