What can I put in my brown-lidded garden waste bin?
Yes please
- Grass clippings and shredded hedge-trimmings
- Leaves, flowers and weeds
- Straw and hay (if contaminated by animals please put in green-lidded bin)
- Small twigs and branches
- Food waste including cooked and uncooked food, meat, fish, bones, vegetables and fruit peelings, plate scrapings.
No thanks
- black-bagged waste
- food packaging
- garden furniture
- polystyrene
- Coal
- Diseased plants
- Dog poo, cat litter or nappies
- Large amounts of soil or turf
- Tree stumps
- Rubble or bricks
- Weedkiller
- Plastic bags
- Textiles - clothes and bedding
- Plant pots
Download a printable A4 guide to what you can put in your brown-lidded bin.
Putting non-compostable items in your brown-lidded bin can cause lots of problems with the composting process. Common contaminations include plastics bags, food packaging, plant pots and rubble.
Please see the A-Z of rubbish and recycling if you are unsure of where an item should go.
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