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How to get rid of garden waste

Use your council's garden waste bin if you have one. If not, or it is full, take garden waste to a tip.

Council garden waste collection

Some councils collect garden waste in a separate bin. Follow their rules on what goes in.

Tips

Tips take garden waste when you have no collection or your bin is full.

What counts as garden waste

Recycle Now lists leaves, flowers, grass, weeds, bark, prunings, twigs and home grown fruit and vegetables.

Key facts

  • Binmap lists 228 places that say they take garden waste, including 221 tips.
  • Another 299 places may take garden waste, but they do not say so. Check before you go.

Last updated: 15 October 2026

Written by Binmap using guidance from Recycle Now.

Advice from national bodies

What to do

  1. Use a strong bag, not a black bin liner, so it can be emptied and used again.
  2. Do not overfill the bag.

Kinds of place that take it

  • Collection services
  • Recycling centres

More local guides

Guides for similar items

Other kinds of place

Schemes and collection services

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