Find out what you can and cannot put in your brown garden waste bin.
Yes please
- flowers and plants
- grass cuttings
- hedge clippings
- leaves
- twigs and small branches (no more than 3cm thick)
- windfall fruit
Please put these into your bin loose and do not use any plastic bags.
No thanks
- branches over 3cm thick
- food waste, including fruit and vegetable peelings
- Giant Hogweed
- Himalyan Balsam
- Japanese knotweed
- pet bedding, pet waste or cat litter
- plastic of any kind, including compostable and biodegradable plastics
- Ragwort
- rubble
- soil or compost
Find out what to do with the things that cannot go in your brown bin in our
A to Z of reusing, recycling and waste disposal.
Reduce your garden waste by composting at home
You can compost most types of garden waste at home.
Find more information on composting.
