Brown garden and food waste bin
Find out what goes in your brown bin, how often it's collected, how to purchase a garden waste permit and how to request a new or replacement bin.
How often is my brown bin collected?
Your brown bin is collected weekly.
Please note, we only collect 1 brown bin for every household.
Garden waste permits
We have introduced an annual permit scheme for garden waste. If you wish to have your garden waste collected in your brown bin, you will be required to purchase a permit. Find out more and purchase a permit.
If you do not wish to purchase a permit, you will still be able to place food waste in your brown bin for weekly collections.
What goes in my brown bin?
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All cooked and uncooked food:
If you have purchased a permit, you can place garden waste in your brown bin:
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How to prepare your food waste
We no longer supply or collect food caddies. You should either:
- put food directly in your brown bin and wash it out when needed
- wrap food waste in a sheet of newspaper
- place it in decomposable liners, which are available to purchase at most major supermarkets.
Waste not in your bin
We'll only collect recycling contained in your brown bin.
For excess garden or food waste that doesn't fit in your bin you can take it one of our household waste recycling centres or request a bulky uplift.
Material not suitable for your brown bin
If you put material in your brown bin that shouldn't be there we won't collect it. We'll also put a sticker on your bin to mark it as contaminated.
Replacement bins
If your bin is damaged and you wish to order a replacement you should complete our an online request form. If you have a garden waste permit, you should also order a replacement permit.
