Food waste recycling trial
From October 2026, around 3,000 households across the district will take part in a six-month food waste collection trial ahead of the county-wide introduction of food waste collections from October 2027.
Bin collections
Check your bin collection day, order a replacement or new bin, uncollected bins, report a missed collection, types of bins and what goes in each bin, assisted collections.
What goes in your garden waste bin
If you have paid for garden waste collections, you will have a brown bin for your garden waste.
What you can include
You can include:
- grass cuttings
- hedge trimmings
- leaves
- small branches and twigs (up to 10cm in diameter)
- plants and weeds
- cut flowers
- small amounts of soil
Check if your item can be recycled
What not to include
Do not include:
- plastic plant pots and seed trays
- bin liners
- bags of any description, including compostable and biodegradable bags
- animal waste and bedding
- food waste including fruit and vegetable peelings
- treated wood
- invasive plants such as Japanese knotweed
- large amounts of soil