Garden waste
A Garden
Waste Collection Scheme operates across the borough on a
fortnightly basis. Participants are provided with a brown
wheeled bin specifically for green waste.
Calendars are available with collection dates, please contact us
if you require one.
What can go in your brown bin?
YES please
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge clippings
- Cut flowers and plants
- Twigs and small branches (less than 9cm diameter)
NO thank you
- Plastic bags, paper or metal
- Soil, stone or rubble
- Dog and cat faeces
- Turf and ash*
- Pet bedding or staw *
- Kitchen waste (vegetables or fruit, vegetables peelings, meat,
fish, poultry, bones, dairy products or cooked food)*
*Some of the materials listed here can be home
composted.