Garden waste and composting
Find out ways to recycle your garden waste at home, take it to your local recycling centre or you can join our garden waste bin service.
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New subscribers
You can sign up for the garden waste collection service now. This will cover you for all collections from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.
Existing subscribers
If you are an existing subscriber, your current subscription will cover you for all collections up to the end of May 2023. We'll be writing to you soon to ask if you want to renew for another year.
Garden waste bin
How to set up a regular collection of compost or waste from your garden and when those collections take place
Compost bins
Composting is great for the environment and is now even easier at home with discounted home composting bins available from Essex County Council
Garden waste weekend skip service
The garden waste weekend skip service starts again from Saturday 18 February
Reduce food waste with Kitche
Use this free food waste saving app from Love Essex to prevent food going in the bin at home