Garden waste collection

What can be recycled?

Recycle your garden waste in many ways:

Garden waste is collected weekly all year around

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Wheeled bin

Sacks

Bundled items

Bulky waste collections

Home composting

What waste is collected?

Yes

  Grass cuttings
  Leaves
  Twigs and hedge trimmings - up to 7cm (3") in diameter and 1m (3') long (simply bundle together with string/twine)
  Dead flowers
  Weeds
  Old garden plants or houseplants
  Windfall fruit
  Vegetable patch waste (not vegetable peelings)
  Logs or branches up to 7cm (3") in diameter and 1m (3') long.

 

Not in here

 

  Gravel / stones
  Plant pots & seed trays
  Plastic, glass or metal
  Soil / compost
  Kitchen waste including vegetable peelings
  Pet waste

 

How to use your garden wheeled bin

How to use your garden wheeled bin [pdf] 7MB

Garden waste collections guide 2023[pdf] 9MB

 

What happens to you garden waste?

Castle Point garden waste is processed at a composting site adjacent to Rainham landfill site in the method shown in this video: