Garden waste, including leaves, grass cuttings and hedge trimmings, are not collected as part of your recycling or rubbish collections.
Green waste club
If you would like to join the Council's Green Waste Club to benefit from fortnightly garden waste collections from your home, please e-mail the Green Waste Club, or call 0800 0858 286.
Please read the terms and conditions.
Cost of the service
You will receive a 240 litre wheeled bin for your garden waste which Biffa will collect from the edge of your property every fortnight.
From 1 April 2023 |
Current price |
First year and additional bins |
£84.50 |
If renewed |
£73.00 |
What goes in your bin?
Yes please |
No thanks |
Grass and hedge clippings |
Bags / sacks |
Leaves / stems / stalks |
Soil / mud |
Plants |
Large logs |
Small branches / twigs / sticks |
Stones / rocks |
Weeds (but not Japanese Knotweed) |
Animal bedding |
Dead plant material / roots |
Synthetic twine / wire / string |
Fallen fruit |
Street sweepings |
Flowers and house plants |
Japanese Knotweed |
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Plastic pots or containers |
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Liquids (for example paint, pesticides, weed killer) |
You may be able to take the things we can't collect to a community recycling centre.
Missed bins
If your garden waste bin has been missed please check if there is a delay to the service. If there are no delays listed, please report a missed collection by calling 0800 0858 286. Missed collections need to be reported within two working days of your scheduled collection date.
Collection calendar
You can download and print the garden waste collection calendar which runs from April 2023 to March 2024.
Bank holidays
Garden waste collections will not change following bank holidays except over Christmas when the service is suspended for two weeks.
Home composting
Surrey residents can take advantage of a variety of exclusively discounted garden waste products, such as hot composters and food waste digesters, all year round from Great Green Systems.
Community recycling centres (tip/dump)
Check locations and opening times, what you can and can't take and apply for a van permit.