About Garden Waste

Garden Waste & Home Composting

You can recycle all your green waste at home and have no more trips to the Recycling Centre or mess in your car!  Our popular garden waste subscription service is available to homes across Tendring for £90.  The first year includes a one off £35 joining fee and the annual subscription fee of £55.

The 240L brown wheeled bin will be emptied fortnightly, 25 times a year.

What can go in the brown garden waste bin:

• Grass cuttings
• Hedge trimmings
• Leaves
• Twigs
• Small branches
• Weeds
• Plants
• Flowers

What cannot go in the brown garden waste bin:

• Soil
• Stones
• Food waste
• Sand
• Plastic bags
• Animal faeces
• Large tree trunks
• Plant pots and garden tools

Important notices

Please note there are no garden waste collections over Christmas and the New Year.  If you have a real Christmas tree we can collect on your next collection date after the Christmas period if placed out next to your brown garden waste bin.  As the collections are suspended for a two week period, the first collection after the Christmas/New Year period will be on your normal collection day.

Please note that there are a few properties for which this service will not be possible due to the unsuitability of the access for the collection vehicle, if you currently do not have the option of a food waste collection service then we may not be able to provide you with a garden waste collection service.

Other ways to recycle your garden waste

• You can compost at home with a discounted Essex County Council compost bin, please visit www.getcomposting.com