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Brown bins
Your brown bin is for garden waste.
Collection Frequency
Brown bins are collected fortnightly from March to November/December.
Not all properties will receive this service.
What can I put in my brown bin?
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves
- Bark
- Flowers and plants
- Hedge trimmings
- Weeds excluding noxious weeds
- Twigs and small branches
What can I not put in my brown bin?
- General waste (non-recyclable)
- All types of plastics, metals, glass, cartons
- Bin liners and plastic bags (including compostable types)
- Clothing, textiles, fabrics, hessian materials including twine
- Compostable cutlery/vegware/cups including bamboo or wood
- Food waste
- Pottery
- Garden furniture or toys
- Hardcore, rubble, gravel and stones
- Noxious weeds including Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ragwort, Hemlock etc.
- Pet waste including cat litter
- Plant pots and trays
- Soil and turf
- Tree trunks
- Thick branches i.e. greater width than 15cm
- Treated timber
- Any organic material treated with chemicals or pesticides (dispose of into general waste)
Please refer to our Recycling A-Z for further information on disposal of the above materials.
Important Notice - Permit holders are recommended to place the brown bin out by 07:30 on the day of collection to minimise the risk of contamination from passers-by. Any contamination identified in brown bins will result in the bin being rejected by crews and bin being tagged as contaminated. Permit holders will be required to completely remove the contaminants and either take the garden waste to our Recycling Centres for disposal, or present at the next scheduled kerbside collection. We will not return to collect contaminated brown bins. Repeated contamination of the brown bin may result in the permit being cancelled and service withdrawn. No refund will be offered.
The garden waste service is chargeable and operates under a permit scheme. Permits must be purchased annually and applied to a household brown bin for collections to take place. For further information, see our Garden Waste Charging webpage.
Check your collection dates for Garden Waste;
Instructions
Please ensure your brown bin is presented by 7.30am, at an agreed location on collection day and returned to your bin storage area by the end of collection day. Collections take place between 7:30am-3:30pm (Mon-Thur) and 7:30am-3pm (Friday).
Recycling Information
Find out what happens to recycled garden waste