Garden waste sacks and bins

Garden waste is collected via wheeled bin service or sacks every week - see your collections calendar for your collection day.

Garden waste sacks are £8 (roll of 20) and can be purchased from our Leisure centres or from Benfleet, Hadleigh, Tarpots and Canvey Island libraries. Garden waste sacks purchased from other outlets will not be collected. *Note: You need a library card to pay by bank card at the libraries.

Our compostable sacks have a shelf life of 6-8 months when stored in a dry place.

You can dispose of garden waste more easily with our weekly brown bin collection service , available to subscribe to all year round.

 

Accepted items

  • grass cuttings
  • leaves
  • dead flowers
  • weeds
  • old garden plants or house plants
  • windfall fruit
  • vegetable patch waste (excluding vegetable peelings)
  • logs or branches*
  • twigs and hedge trimmings*

* up to 7cm (3 inches) in diameter and 1m (3 foot) long. These can be bundled with string/ twine (maximum 2 bundles per collection).

If the item you want to dispose of is not on this list, or you want to check how it can be disposed of, search for it on the Love Essex website.

 

Presentation

Please present your garden waste at the boundary of your property by 7am on your collection day. See more information on our waste presentation rules page.

Garden waste presented in black sacks will not be collected and only Castle Point Council brown wheeled bins, Council-approved garden waste sacks, or bundled waste will be collected.

For more information, see our Garden waste collections guide 2024[pdf] 2MB

 

Garden waste bin collection service

Subscription benefits

  • removes the need to keep buying sacks
  • weekly collection all year round
  • provides an easier way to dispose of thorny/twiggy materials and grass cuttings
  • you can subscribe to multiple bins

 

Subscribe and Pay for garden waste collection

 

Subscription details

  • Use the link above to pay for a new bin or resubscription. No need to put in your Bin ID or Transaction number to renew your permit. 
  • New sign up available from 1st March.
  • You can subscribe at any point in the year, reduced to half price from October. Subscriptions run from 1 April to 31 March.
  • New bins will be delivered within 28 days of subscription.*

*Terms & Conditions [pdf] 159KB 

More information

 

  1. Refuse collection calendar