Brown-lidded (garden waste) bin
You need to pay for the garden waste service to have your brown-lidded bin collected.
You can find out more about the garden waste service online.
You can put these things in your brown-lidded bin:
- Grass cuttings and hedge trimmings
- Leaves, flowers and weeds
- Small twigs and branches
- Straw and hay. If it has animal waste on it, put it in your green-lidded bin.
Do not put these things in your brown-lidded bin:
- Black bags
- Coal
- Diseased plants
- Dog poo, cat litter or nappies
- Food packaging
- Food waste
- Garden furniture
- Large amounts of soil or turf
- Nitrous oxide canisters (laughing gas bottles)
- Plant pots
- Plastic bags
- Polystyrene
- Rubble or bricks
- Clothes and bedding
- Tree stumps
- Weedkiller
Customer Services
Open 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). If you do need to call us, please try to avoid our busiest times of lunchtime and early afternoon. Many queries relating to Council Tax, benefits or bin and bulky waste collections can be dealt with directly by logging into My Account.