Garden waste collections

Sign up to have your garden waste collected for £35 a year and save yourself some trips to the tip.

How much does garden waste collection service cost?

The cost is £35 for at least 20 collections made fortnightly during the collection season, between March and December.

If you need more than one garden waste bin, you can add extra bins at £20 each a year.

Please note:

If you sign up and make a payment at any time after 1st March, you will be subscribing for any remaining collections during that year's season (March to December), up to and including the December collection in that year's.

This means depending on when you sign up for the collection service, you may receive less than 20 collections within the year you have subscribed, and you will need to renew your subscription to the service each year.

How do I sign up for garden waste collection?

Pay for your garden waste collection online now - we will process your request within 10 working days and your collections will start on the first scheduled day after this date.

You will need to pay annually for each season before 1 March to receive the full amount of collections during that year's collection season (March to December collections).

You can pay for the  next March to December collection season next year, with a debit or credit card through our online payment system. 

When you sign up, you’ll be given an extra bin with a brown or black lid.

When is garden waste collected?

You can check the bin calendar to check when your next collection is due. You can sign up any time during the season but the cost will remain the same.

What you can put in your garden waste bin

If you sign up to have your garden waste collected we will give you an extra bin with a brown or black lid. You can put the following in it:

• Grass cuttings
• Hedge trimmings
• Leaves
• Prunings and twigs
• Plants and weeds
• Cut flowers.

What you can't put in the garden waste bin

You should not put the following items in your garden waste bin:

• Soil, turf, stones or rubble
• Garden ornaments or plant pots
• Food or animal waste
• Vacuum cleaner waste or ash
• DIY rubbish
• Timber or sawdust

Food waste can be composted or put in your general waste bin (with the red lid).

If you need a compost bin or kitchen caddy you can get one from Get Composting at a discounted price.

If you do put any of the prohibited items listed in your garden waste bin, we won't be able to empty it for you.  We do make regular checks on what has been placed in garden waste bins placed out to be emptied.

Other items, or where you have a lot of waste from a garden clearance, can be taken to the recycling centre (tip). For information on local recycling centres (tips) take a look at the county council website.

If you need a new bin because it is damaged or broken please contact us:

• link: Replacement waste bins
• email: environment@ashfield.gov.uk
• telephone: 0800 183 84 84.

How do I cancel garden waste collections?

If you no longer want to have your garden waste collected contact us:

• email environment@ashfield.gov.uk
• telephone: 0800 183 84 84.

We’ll remove your brown - or black-lid bin after you cancel the collection with us. We don’t give refunds even where you cancel part-way through the season.