Garden waste service bin sticker delivery delay

There is a delay in the printing and delivery of the bin stickers for the garden waste bin service. Some stickers may take up to 21 days to be delivered. Your garden waste will still be collected during this period.

Compostable sack service

We provide a sack service with 50 compostable sacks to put your garden waste into.

Contracts are for one calendar year from the date of subscription.

We collect the garden waste sacks every other week and dispose of it for an annual fee of £84 for a contract.

Additional rolls of 10 sacks can be purchased for £14 with a delivery fee of £6.

Subscribe, renew or order more sacks

Fill out our online compostable sacks form

Or call 01708 431717, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

What can I put in the sack?

You can put the following in the sack:

  • flowers and plants
  • garden weeds,
  • grass cuttings
  • hedge trimmings
  • leaves
  • small twigs and branches

What can't I put in the sack?

  • food waste
  • general household waste
  • soil, logs, stones or plant pots
  • plastic bags or containers
  • heavy or abrasive items

Not sure if something goes in your sack or you should be doing something else with it? Use our 'what item goes where' search facility to get information about what to do.

What item goes where recycling and waste guide

Looking after your sacks

To make sure your sacks last the year keep them dry and out of the sunlight.

Read more about composting

Please note stickers that are issued for the garden waste service bins will not be issued for compostable sacks.

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