Brown bin

The garden waste subscription service started on 29 June 2026. Collections for households not subscribed to the new service have now finished.

If you would like to continue using your brown bin for garden waste, you will need to subscribe to this service.

We only accept the following in this bin - 

• grass
• leaves
• weeds (not Japanese Knotweed or Ragwort)
• flowers and plants
• hedge clipping or pruning's
• branches and twigs
• windfall fruit
• Real Christmas trees (make sure you remove all decorations and the base!)

We don't accept and your bin will not be emtiped if we find any of the following in your bin - 

• plastic bags, flowerpots, seed trays or other plastic items
• cat or dog faeces
• large branches or tree stumps
• soil, stones or rubble
• painted or treated wood
• other rubbish from the garden
• any type of animal waste
• Himalayan Balsam - Find out more on how to identify, control and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment.

Food Waste

Any food waste should be put in the food waste caddy and not the Brown Bin.

For more information on what food waste is accepted visit Food waste

Too much for one bin?

You can purchase additional garden waste bins. Check out our Garden Waste page for more information. You will need a subscription in place for the brown bins to be emptied.