Waste Collection
Welcome to our garden waste service where we help take the stress out of the gardening by collecting green bins direct from your property!
We collect garden waste from your green bin. You can add up to four additional bins.
The service costs £40 which entitles you to year-round fortnightly collections from 1 April - 31st March, apart from a short period over Christmas and New Year. Additional bins cost £25 each.
You can use MyAccount to join the Garden Waste Scheme, pay for the service and add additional bins too.
Registering with MyAccount enables you to complete lots of tasks quickly and easily online. This includes finding out when your next grey, blue or green bin collections will take place, how to contact your relevant local councillors and quick links to report any issues in the Borough.
Find out more about what you can do with MyAccount in our press release.
You can also join or pay for the Garden Waste Scheme without joining MyAccount by completing the online form.
Please email us or call us on 0115 981 9911. If you do not renew your membership we will stop collecting your garden waste.
The garden waste collection service in the Rushcliffe area.
No, the price is £40 for the year (1 April to 31 March) regardless of when you join the scheme.
No, the service is entirely optional. If you do not join the scheme, the Council will not collect your garden waste if it is left out for collection. Please notify us and we will arrange to collect your garden waste bin.
Existing customers: If you are already a member of the scheme (i.e. you already have your garden waste collected) you should have been contacted regarding payment for the upcoming year - you do not need to join again.
New customers: New customers can apply to join the garden waste scheme from 14 February 2023.
Why do garden waste collections stop over Christmas?
We empty garden waste bins every other week except for a short period over Christmas and New Year. This is due to operational reasons and a lack of customer demand over the holiday period.
Yes, the cost of the first bin is £40 and each extra bin will cost you £25 per year. You can have a maximum of 5 as long as these are for your own property. Please complete the garden waste collection form to order extra bins.
If you move to another address in our collection area and you still want your garden waste collected please contact us to transfer the service to your new address and then take your bin(s) with you.
Yes, please complete the damaged bin form and we will arrange for a new one to be delivered to you.
If you want to give composting a try it couldn’t be easier as residents can buy reduced price composters through Getcomposting. These composters are a great alternative for residents who tend to produce less garden waste.
We hope you feel that a charge of £40 is good value compared to the hassle of going to the tip. However, if you do not want to be in the scheme you will need to make your own arrangements to dispose of garden waste by either home composting it, or taking your garden rubbish to one of the household waste recycling centres.
Yes you can, but we would discourage this – your grey bin would soon fill up and you wouldn’t have room for your household waste. It’s also better for the environment to compost this waste. For an alternative to having your green waste collected, you might want to try home composting instead.
Yes, we will remove garden bins you no longer use.
Residents that have paid for their garden waste bin will be issued with an individual sticker which they will stick onto the rear of the bin. The Council will keep records of who has paid and will only be collecting bins from those homes that have paid.
As the cost covers the collection costs, there are no concessionary rates.
Yes it will as the Council has adopted a no concessions approach.
If you are eligible for assisted collections (because you have difficulties moving the waste), you will also receive assisted collections for garden waste. Complete the assisted collection form.
Neighbours who work together to provide a service to the community and need to share a bin, should contact us to discuss their requirements.
You will receive a sticker identifying that your bin is paid for and you can write your address onto this sticker - there is nothing we can do to stop residents moving bins around but we have not experienced any problems with this.
We are happy to continue providing a garden waste collection service for flats - at a charge of £40 per year for the first garden waste bin, and £25 per year for any extra garden waste bins. Please contact us if you would like advice on how to go about organising garden waste collection for a multi-occupancy property.
Please tell the person responsible for your garden about the charge. They can then make the choice about whether to pay to continue having the garden waste from your property collected.
You can find your bin collection day online if you aren't sure when your collection day is. Please make sure the bin is out ready for collection by 7am.
| Yes Please |
No Thanks |
|---|---|
| Grass cuttings | Plastic of any description |
| Hedge clippings | Large quantities of soil |
| Twigs and small branches | Bricks, gravel or rubble |
| Weeds with soil shaken off | Any household waste |
| Flowers and plants | Animal waste |
| Leaves and bark | Any food waste |