Garden waste and green bins

We offer a paid for green bin collection service, which is for garden waste.

All of the garden waste we collect will be recycled.

Sign up for green bin collections

We're no longer taking on new customers for the 2024 service. Details of how to sign up for the 2025 service will be available in March. 

You can sign up to email updates about your waste and recycling services, including when to sign up for green bin collections.

Garden waste collection service

Visit our service alerts page for more information about any service issues affecting garden waste collections. 

What can go in your green bin

The following can go in:

• grass mowings
• hedge and plant clippings
• leaves
• prunings
• small branches
• twigs
• weeds and cut flowers
• chipped bark

You should not put the following in:

• food waste
• household waste
• Japanese Knotweed
• plant pots and garden gnomes
• plastic bags and packaging
• soil, stones, rubble and sawdust
• waste from professional gardeners
• pond weeds and residues
• mulch
• large branches 

Putting any of these in your green bin may mean it will not be collected.

What happens to your garden waste

Garden waste is turned into compost and is then used by commercial landscapers and local authorities.

Here is how we do it:

1. we take your garden waste to a local composting site
2. your garden waste is shredded
3. it's put into large piles
4. these piles generate heat as they break down into compost. This process kills any unwanted bacteria
5. the piles are then turned regularly to help bring air into the composting process
6. after around 12 weeks the compost is ready to be used as compost

Learn more about home composting on Household waste recycling centres.

Household Waste Recycling Centres

You can dispose of garden waste for free by taking it to a household waste recycling centre or we can collect it from your home if you sign up for our green bin collection service.