Garden Waste Collections Restarting

We are starting green waste collections from Monday 27 April, on a monthly basis to begin with.

Residents are asked to check when their next garden waste collection will be by using the bin day checker, on our website.  

During the coronavirus outbreak, the Council has been following the latest government guidance to protect both the public and bin crews working on the frontline. This meant there had to be some changes to ensure priority collections could continue, while enabling the crews to work in line with social distancing measures and stay safe.

Now, with the crews having settled into the new working practices and the Council successfully sustaining the government’s direction over the priority of household waste and recycling collections, garden waste collections will be restarting from next Monday (27 April), on a monthly basis to begin with.

The Council’s crews are still having to work in a different way to ensure that they are staying safe, working to the government guidance, so collections may take longer than usual. Black and orange bins will be collected as normal, but green bins may not be collected on the normal bin day. Residents must check when their next garden waste collection will be by using the bin day checker, on our website.  

Unfortunately we are not able to accept bagged green waste in addition to the bins, as bags would contaminate the whole collection. We know that people may have accumulated green waste during this brief pause, so would ask that you keep composting where you can.