Garden Waste Collection

What can be recycled?

Recycle your Garden Waste in many ways:

Garden Waste is collected weekly all year around - Click item for more information

 

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

How to use your Garden Bin

How to use your Garden Bin[pdf] 2MB

Autumn Garden Waste Guide 2022[pdf] 9MB

 

What happens to you Garden Waste?

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