Garden Waste and Composting

Missed Garden Waste Collection

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Garden Waste Subscription Service

The launch of the Garden Waste Collection Service has been very successful with over 12,000 customers subscribing to date.

If we have contacted you about renewing this service and you would like to renew your subscription for next year, please complete our Garden Waste Collection Renewal form.

If you do not currently subscribe to the Garden Waste Collection Service but would like to, please complete our Join the Garden Waste Collection Service online form.

1. Existing customer who wants to renew their subscription for the garden waste service

If you have been sent a letter advising you that your subscription to this service is due to expire and you want to renew your subscription, please use the link below:

Apply For It icon Renew your garden waste collection subscription online

2. New customer

Join our Garden Waste collection Service: The Garden Waste Collection Service is very successful with thousands of customers subscribing to date.

If you would like to subscribe to the Garden Waste Collection Service, please use the link below:

Apply For It icon Join the Garden Waste Collection Service online

3. Existing customer who has previously purchased paper based compostable sacks and wants to purchase some more

Order additional garden waste sacks online

More information

Please view our Garden Waste Collection Service FAQs page for more details on the service and to read the list of frequently asked questions.

In the meantime please dispose of your garden waste responsibly:

Compost your garden waste
Use your local waste recycling centre at Redbridge
Visit the Love Food Hate Waste website for handy tips
Where your neighbour already has a brown garden waste wheelie bin, ask them if you can share it if they have the capacity.

What can go in my brown garden waste bin or biodegradable paper based compostable sacks?

Yes Please	No Thanks
Branches (no more than 5cm/2" diameter)	Soil or rubble
Flowers	Flower pots
Garden prunings	Logs
Garden waste	Food waste
Grass cuttings	Glass of any kind
Hedge trimmings	Paper, card or cardboard
Leaves, plants and weeds	Plastic of any kind
Small shrubs	Metal cans or foil of any kind
	Cartons of any kind

Home Composting

At least 30% of the contents of the average household bin could be composted at home. Items you can compost at home include:

fruit and vegetable peelings
tea bags and coffee grounds
flowers and grass cuttings
cardboard egg boxes
bedding from vegetarian pets (straw/hay)
shredded paper
garden prunings
natural fibre clothing (wool/cotton)

Buy a Composter Online

Apply For It icon Order a composter online

You can order a discount compost bin online and get lots more information about composting from the Composting pages of the Get Composting website.

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Home composting is an inexpensive way to help the environment, and at the same time make your own quality organic compost.

Advantages of using compost include:

helping your garden plants without the expense and inconvenience of obtaining fertilisers
helping sandy soils to retain moisture but can also open up clay soils to help reduce water logging
reducing the need for peat, so helps to cut the demand for peat extraction in sensitive areas
land filling of organic waste produces methane. Methane has 30 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide