Garden Waste (Brown Bins)

***BANK HOLIDAY NOTICE*** Refuse, recycling and garden waste collections will not be affected by the Bank Holidays on 27th May but will go ahead as normal.  Bulky Waste Collections will be collected on Saturday 25th May (cut off for booking these collections is 2pm on the 24th May.) 

PLEASE NOTE: there has been a £2 price increase for this service from £15 to £17 for customers paying by direct debit with effect from 1st March 2013. The increase in charge reflects that the charge has remained constant for nearly four years, and at £17 per annum it still remains a competitive charge. Our charging proposals for the service are amongst the cheapest in the East Midlands and represent good value for money – just 68 pence per collection for direct debit customers and £1.04 for non direct debit customers (based on 25 collections per year). We would like to thank you for your continued support.

USE THIS LINK TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE PUT IN THE BROWN BIN.

Please note that garden waste is not collected free as part of the normal refuse collection. The Council operates a service for the collection of garden waste for composting by selling brown wheeled bins at an annual cost of £26; or £17 if subscribing by annual direct debit.  

The bin is 240ltr in size and is collected fortnightly. Collections operate all year apart from 2 weeks over the Christmas period. For more information about the service, or for existing subscribers who would like to cancel their subscription or, are about to move house. Please contact Charnwood Borough Council on 01509 634 563, or email cleaner.greener@charnwood.gov.uk

Sign Up for the Garden Waste Collection Service

If you wish to join the scheme, please be aware that there is a choice of two different annual subscription rates as follows:

• If you wish to pay by annual direct debit, the charge will be £17 per year.
• If you wish to pay by any other method, the charge will be £26 per year.

Follow this link to find out more about signing up for this service on-line or by downloading the appropriate application form, for completion, and return as instructed. 

Renew Your Garden Waste Service - on-Line

If you are already a member of the scheme and just want to renew, you can do this by clicking on the link below to our On-line payment system.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need your account number to renew on-line - once you click on the link you will need to select 'Sundry Debtors'.  RENEW ON-LINE NOW

If you have any queries about this service, please contact Environmental Services.

Moving House?

If you are about to move house, please contact Environmental Services to move your subcription to your new house, or to cancel the subscription.

If you inherit a brown bin at your new house, please contact Environmental Services to start the subscription service in your name, or to have the bin removed

Other Services you may want to know about

Find out about the Mind Sack

Find out about the new green bin

Find out about the Black bin refuse service