Garden waste

Your garden waste

Collection of garden waste is an optional service. You can either have a garden waste bin, or use garden waste sacks.

There is a charge for this service.

What's in?

• Flowers and plants
• Grass cuttings
• Leaves and bark
• Hedge prunings
• Branches - up to 10cm or 4 inches in thickness
• Straw or sawdust - if bedding material, vegetarian animals only, such as gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits.
• Weeds - no Japanese Knotweed
• Leaves
• Twigs
• Plants

What's out?

• Cardboard
• Japanese Knotweed
• Soil and turf
• Compost
• Stone or rubble
• Treated wood
• Plant pots
• Cat, dog or other pet litter
• Vacuum cleaner contents
• Nappies
• Plastic, metal or glass
• Any other household waste

Garden waste bin

Purchase a 240 litre garden waste bin and sign up for a year of weekly garden waste collections for a total of £53 (£21 for your bin and £32 for your collection service a year).

Order a garden waste bin by calling our Customer Services Centre on 0117 922 2100.

Discounts

• Direct debit: If you pay for your garden waste bin and collections by direct debit you qualify for a discount of £3, bringing the annual charge down to just £29.
  Download: Garden waste direct debit form (pdf, 73 KB)
• Benefits: If you are a recipient of income support, pension credits, housing or council tax benefits you are entitled to 50% off the cost of the cost of your garden waste bin and collections.

If you would like to apply for one of these discounts please contact customer services centre on 0117 922 2100.

You own your garden waste bin.

You are responsible for its security, upkeep and any repairs needed to it, unless damage was caused by our collectors. Providing you take care of it, you should have no problems but wear and tear can occur and you should be aware that it might not be possible for us to collect garden waste from a damaged bin.

If you move outside of the Bristol boundary, the Garden Waste Service is non-refundable.

If you move to another part of Bristol having signed up to the garden waste scheme just take your garden waste bin or sacks with you. Let us know your new address, at least two weeks before you move, and you'll continue to receive the service.

Garden waste sacks

For £1 you can buy a 75 litre garden waste sack. This price includes delivery and collection from the kerbside.

You need to phone our customer services centre each time you want to book a collection, so we know where there are sacks that need picking up. Either fill in our online garden waste sacks collection form or phone our customer services centre

You can buy your garden waste sacks in the following ways:

• Buy online
• Purchase from a local retailer (pdf, 3 KB)
• Purchase from your local Customer Service Point.
• Contact our Customer Services Centre on 0117 922 2100 (bundles of 25 only).

If you would like to stock garden waste sacks in your store, or you would like to suggest a retailer you would like to see stocking them please email us with all the details

You can also take your garden waste to one of Bristol's Household Waste Recycling Centres at no charge, or why not try home composting?