Garden waste

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Garden waste (such as grass, twigs, bark, leaves, hedge clippings, prunings, cut flowers) is ideal for composting and this can be done in the following ways:

• Wiltshire Council operates a kerbside garden waste collection to recycle your garden waste into compost.
• Wiltshire Council operates 11 household recycling centres (HRCs) for residential customers to drop-off excess or bulky household waste. All garden/green waste collected at these centres is composted to make ‘Warrior Compost’. ‘Warrior Compost’ is sold to the public at a very competitive price and can be bought at most HRCs in 30 litre bags. You are encouraged to bring and fill your own 30 litre bags but they are also available to buy at the HRCs if you don’t have your own.
• Garden waste can also be composted at home - see home composting for more information on how to get a home compost bin at a reduced price.

Please note: From early 2012 Wiltshire Council will be offering all households an optional non-chargeable garden waste collection service.

Read more about the new service and how to opt in

Garden waste bins in Wiltshire are issued in a variety of colours, some are green wheeled bins and others are brown wheeled bins. Regardless of colour, the policies regarding collection are the same.

Find your rubbish and recycling collection days

How to order a garden waste bin

• From 31 August 2011, it is no longer possible to subscribe to the chargeable Garden Waste Collection service. You need to opt in to the new non-chargeable service which will start in the spring of 2012.

Pay your garden waste invoice

North Wiltshire and South Wiltshire

• call your local hub to pay by debit or credit card over the phone
• post a cheque to the address provided on your annual renewal letter

East Wiltshire

• pay your garden waste invoice online
• call your local hub to pay by debit or credit card over the phone
• post a cheque to the address provided on your annual invoice

What can I put in my garden waste bin?

All garden waste is composted and so therefore must be free of non-compostable items.

Large amounts of household garden waste can be taken to your local household recycling centre (HRC) for composting.

Alternatively, you can compost your waste at home. Please see home composting for more information on how to get a home compost bin at a reduced price.

Last updated: 2 September 2011