Garden waste
You can order a green garden waste bin or buy garden waste sacks.
The Garden Waste Collection Service will be changing on 3 July 2017.
- collections will be moving to fortnightly instead of weekly
- costs will stay the same
If you're a current user see how the changes to the garden waste service will affect you.
The garden waste collection service is only available to domestic properties.
Order a green garden waste bin
If you would like regular collections you should order a Bristol City Council green garden waste bin.
We charge £21 for a 240 litre Bristol green garden waste bin,which becomes your property, plus £32 annual service charge.
If you get income support, pension credits, housing or council tax benefits we charge £10 for the bin and £18 for annual service charge.
You get a £3 discount off the annual service charge for paying by Direct Debit.
Get a garden waste bin and set up a regular garden waste collection
Garden waste and bin direct debit form (pdf, 136k) (opens new window)
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Set up a regular garden waste collection if you already have a garden waste bin
You are responsible for your bin’s security, and any repairs needed to it.
We may not collect garden waste from a damaged bin.
We only collect from Bristol City Council bins.
Order a replacement garden waste bin
To order a new or replacement garden bin call: 0117 922 2100.
A garden waste bin costs:
- £21, full price
- £10, concessionary
Other ways to order
You can order a garden waste bin and/or a collection service and pay by debit or credit cards only over the phone.
It's not possible to do direct debit over the phone.
Call on 0117 922 2100
If you order over the phone the costs are:
collection service only
- £32, full price
- £18, concessionary
Garden waste bin, payable on first payment only
- £21, full price
- £10, concessionary
If you move house or want to cancel your collections
Contact us on 0117 922 2100 or waste.services@bristol.gov.uk.
If you move outside of the Bristol boundary, we can’t give you a refund.
Garden waste sacks
We only collect garden waste in our Bristol Waste Company branded garden waste sacks.
These sacks are available from:
- your local library
- your local Citizen Service Point
- Cotham Hardware, 11 Cotham Hill, Cotham, BS6 6LB
- Henleaze Garden Shop, 146-148 Henleaze Road, Henleaze, BS9 4NB
- Mogford W.H. & Son, 2 High Street, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3DU
- Riverside Garden Centre, Clift House Road, Southville, BS3 1RX
Other ways to buy
Call us on 0117 922 2100 to buy garden waste sacks in packs of 25.
Arrange a sack collection
You’ll need to contact us each time you want to book a collection. To book a collection go online or call at least two working days before your weekly collection day.
We'll only collect garden waste in our Bristol Waste Company branded garden waste sacks. We won't collect garden waste in plastic bags.
Over busy periods you may not be guaranteed a booking with your next recycling collection.
Book a garden waste sack collection
You can also contact us on 0117 922 2100 to make a booking, or to cancel a collection, or email waste.services@bristol.gov.uk
What you can and can’t include in your garden waste bin or sack
You can include:
- Branches - up to 10cm or 4 inches in thickness
- Flowers
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge prunings
- Leaves
- Leaves and bark
- Plants
- Straw or sawdust - bedding material from pets such as gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits, as long as fed a vegetarian diet
- Twigs
- Weeds - no Japanese Knotweed
You can’t include:
- Cardboard - please put in or next to your green box
- Cat, dog or other pet litter
- Compost
- Japanese Knotweed
- Nappies
- Plant pots
- Soil and turf
- Stone or rubble
- Treated wood
- Vacuum cleaner contents