Household Waste: Garden Waste
Home composting is the best method to dispose of garden waste.
See our
Recycling Composters page for useful hints and
tips for successful composting.
The
Recycle
Now website has loads of information on successful
home composting including how to set up your composter, make your
compost and how to use your compost (telephone 0845 076
0223).
Most garden and raw vegetable waste can be composted,
including your vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grounds
and grass cuttings. More advice is available on the Recycle
Now website.
You can also put garden waste material in your brown bin for
recycling. This can include grass cuttings, windfalls, flowers and
plants,hedge clippings, leaves and bark, weeds, turf, hay, straw
(but nothing that may be contaminated with dog or cat waste), small
branches and prunings.
All the garden waste etc. collected from your
home, goes to local farmers to be composted, so it's
important that there is no plastic or any other contamination in
the bin.
If you have large quantities of garden waste to dispose
of there are a number of options available.
- Garden waste can gradually be disposed of using the brown
wheeled bin over a number of weeks.
- Bio-degradable bags may be purchased from RDC and a maximum of
two put out with your brown wheeled bin on collection day.
- A collection may be arranged at a cost of £63.00 (inc.
VAT) per load.
If none of the above options are suitable, the waste may
be taken to any Household Waste and Recycling Site, where separate
recycling facilities are available for garden waste. See our
Household Waste - Disposal Sites page for more
information.
For more information on recycling, or to request a
brown bin or bio bags, please email
Streetscene or telephone
01653 600666 ext 480.