What to put in garden containers

The following table lists garden waste items you can put in our garden waste bins and sacks for collection.

List of garden waste items we can or cannot accept

We accept	We don't accept
Fallen fruit	Soil
Flowers	Rubble
Garden prunings	Animal waste
Grass cuttings	BBQ ash
Hedge trimmings	Food
Leaves	Glass
Plants	Stone
Twigs	Plastic/bio-plastic bags or films
Blighted tomatoes	Other diseased plants
Weeds (excluding those listed in We don't accept column)	Japanese Knotweed Perennial weeds (e.g. couch grass, mares tail and bindweed)

Contaminating your waste could result in the removal of the collection service without a refund.

The garden waste collection service is an opt-in scheme for which there is a charge.

Find out more about the garden recycling scheme.