Newsletter
Extra Garden Waste Collections
Calling all brown bin permit holders! You can have extra garden waste collected for free, on your normal scheduled collection day only, between 27 October and 7 November.
Published: 14 October 2025
Leave out a maximum of four additional sacks of garden waste, per brown bin subscription, next to your brown bin.
To be eligible for a collection, please follow this guidance:
- Only present natural garden waste, such as cut grass, plants or small branches.
- Please use standard sized (60L) black refuse-style sacks or boxes / containers which combined total no more than a standard bin full
- Please DO NOT use bags larger than 60l (including one tonne builders’ type waste bags) – our crews will not collect any garden waste from these, as they are too heavy to lift and empty into the vehicle
- Bags and containers must be left open so crews can easily empty them into the rear of the vehicle and be able to check there are no contaminants
All the garden waste collected will be taken to a facility near Wallingford where it is composted. The compost will then be sold on to local farmers for use on their farmland as a soil conditioner.