Garden Waste Collection

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Last revised: 25 July 2008

Green garden waste wheeled bin.

Please follow this link to fill out a Garden Waste Collection Service request form

The Council offer a fortnightly collection of green garden waste from a 180 litre wheeled bin, for an annual charge of £28.00. The Council also offers reusable green sacks to residents who cannot manage a wheeled bin.  These are available for an annual charge of £33.00 per three bags.  Please note these services carry an annual charge.

If you would like to order either a wheeled bin or Hessian sacks please fill out an application form on-line.  Alternatively please call the Council on Tel: 01380 724911.

In 2007, Kennet District Council diverted 3,316 tonnes of garden waste from landfill, using the material to make compost.  

Compostable garden waste makes up approximately 30% of the waste stream, the largest component of residents waste.  It is therefore important to divert as much as possible from landfill.

All garden waste collected from your green wheeled bin will be delivered to a licensed composting facility and turned into high grade compost of PAS100 standard.

Your green wheeled bin will be collected on the same day as your black recycling box every fortnight.  Follow this link for further information on your collection day.

Residents are reminded that the Council will collect garden waste  on the advertised collection day between the hours of 07:00hrs and 22:00hrs. Bins must be placed at the kerbside of the nearest adopted highway.

What you can put in your green garden waste wheeled bin

Yes Please

  • Hedge clippings

  • Twigs & small bracken

  • Cut flowers

  • Windfalls

  • Grass cuttings

  • Leaves

  • Shrub Prunings

No thank you

  • Meat, cooking oil, wax or waxed packaging

  • Fruit, salad or vegtable peelings

  • Tea bags or coffee grinds

  • Eggshells, stale bread or crusts

  • Cooked food (including vegetables)

  • Large items of garden waste

  • Flower pot, stones

  • Leather or animal waste

  • Ash

  • Soil or rubble

Garden waste can still be taken to your local Household Recycling Centre (HRC)

Alternatively you can compost your waste at home.