Service eligibility
The garden waste collection service will be available to all properties where it is operationally practicable to do so within current resources and where the following criteria can be met:
Eligibility criteria;
a) Each collection area/property must be easily accessible by a 26-tonne refuse collection vehicle. This includes being able to empty bins and manoeuvre the collection vehicle (turn around) easily and safely.
b) The garden waste bin must be able to be stored within the boundaries of the property.
It should be noted that the above eligibility criteria apply to all properties including those properties that require an assisted collection.
In certain areas, such as some back streets and rural properties, it is neither environmentally nor financially feasible to put on a separate collection vehicle. In these locations, your garden waste may be collected along with your general waste, meaning that it will be sent for disposal rather than being composted. Please be assured that this only occurs in a very small number of areas, in the vast majority of cases, garden waste collected as part of this scheme will be turned into compost at our local treatment facility.