Garden waste service

Find out more about this service, including details of fees and payments, how to subscribe or renew and information on collections.

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Overview of service

The garden waste collection is an annual subscription service that runs from 1 April to 31 March.

The service collects:

grass cuttings
garden prunings
leaves
small twigs
dead plants/weeds
branches up to 7cm (3 inches) thick
Christmas tree cut up (lid must close)

Garden waste bins

Bins are provided on loan. A standard garden waste bin is 240 litres. Dimensions are:

height: 110cm
width: 58 cm
depth: 73cm

Terms and conditions

Check the terms and conditions for our garden waste service for more information.

Fees and payment

The fee varies depending on when you join the service. Annual subscriptions start from 1 April each year.

If you join the service after 1 October, the fee for the service is 50% of the full annual fee. Your subscription ends on 31 March.

Garden waste service fees
Date of joining the service	Cost per bin	Cost for 2 bin service	Cost for 3 bin service	Concessions
Between 1 October 2025 and 31 March 2026 (for service from 1 October to 31 March)	£35	£70	£105	50% off

We do not accept American Express as payment for garden waste subscriptions.

Concessions

Concessions are available if you receive Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support. You will need to provide your Housing Benefit or Council Tax account number.

You’ll need to sign up to the service before collections can start.

You can sign up for this year’s annual garden waste service until 31 March 2026.

Sign up for the garden waste service

Renewals

We’ll email you each year when it’s time to renew your annual subscription.

Collections

Your garden waste will be collected fortnightly, normally on the same day as your refuse bin. Check your collection day.

New customer collections

For new customers, we aim to add you onto the round within 14 days of your sign up. If your garden waste collection is due within this 14-day period, you won't have a garden waste collection and it won't be possible to report a missed garden waste collection.

Missed bins that happen after this 14-day period can be reported, see missed bin collections.

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