Garden waste bin - what we can not collect
Find out what you can't put into your garden waste bin.
Item | Comments |
Plastic bags of any kind | Plastic carrier bags and plastic sacks (not black) can be recycled in your green recycling bin |
Metal, glass, plastic, cardboard or paper | Some of these can be recycled in your green recycling bin |
Flower pots and seed trays | Please put these in your black waste bin |
Kitchen/food waste including peelings | Please put these in your brown food waste caddy |
Windfall fruit | Please put this in your brown food waste caddy |
Animal/pet waste | Please put this in your black waste bin |
Soil, rubble or turf | Please take this to your local recycling centre |
Timber | Please take this to your local recycling centre |
Anything else |
Tips for filling your bin
Please put the garden waste loose into the bin as plastic bags cannot be taken. If plastic bags are found in your bin it will not be emptied.
Please do not overfill the bin. If garden waste is compacted it will stick in the bin and this may result in damage when emptying it.
Placing twigs or dry leaves at the bottom of the bin will help stop the garden waste from sticking in the bin.
Excess garden waste placed beside or on top of the bin will not be taken. The lid must be closed and all garden waste contained within the bin.
Additional information
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Your guide to Garden Waste Collections [510.92KB]
Contact us
If you have any queries which are not covered by the information above, please email greenwaste@uttlesford.gov.uk or telephone 01799 510510 and we will do our best to answer.
