Your garden waste options 2017 1 Compost it at home About a third of your household waste could be composted including raw fruit and vegetable waste, egg shells, teabags and garden waste. We offer bargain priced home compost bins delivered to your home. Go to www.getcomposting.com or call 0844 571 4444 for details. (Standard cost from BT landline 5p per minute plus setup charge. Other providers may charge more).
2 Use our fortnightly garden waste composting collection service We can collect your garden waste fortnightly. You can either hire a wheeled bin for an annual charge or you can buy Council paper sacks – available from Council Connect One Stop Shops or at local outlets. See list of stockists on our website. Yes please
No thanks
We can collect all green waste from your garden that we can compost including: Grass cuttings Weeds
Leaves Small branches (no thicker than your wrist)
No food waste No cardboard No plastic (even if it states it is compostable or biodegradable)
No large branches No Japanese Knotweed No animal waste No soil, stones or gravel
Collection charges: Please note these charges are likely to change from 1 April 2017. Wheeled bin:140 or 240 litre £42.00 per bin per year plus initial bin delivery charge of £2.78. Please contact Council Connect to arrange a wheeled bin collection. Council paper sack: £2.60 each (80 litres)
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3 Take it to your local Recycling Centre for free!
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Your garden waste collection calendar December 2016 - December 2017
Why not pin this calendar on your wall to remind you? Your garden waste is collected fortnightly on the same day as your recycling and rubbish. To find out which week, A or B, we collect from you, please enter your post code on the Council website homepage www.bathnes.gov.uk or contact Council Connect.
Tick your week A or B below to help you remember A B
December 2016 B A B A M 5 12 19 T 6 13 20 W 7 14 21 T 1 8 15 22 F 2 9 16 23
Christmas and New year There will be no garden waste collections for 2 weeks from 26 December to 6 January. Normal collections will start again from Monday 9 January. We collect garden waste on all other bank holidays throughout the year. = No collections January 2017 B A B A M 9 16 23 30 T 10 17 24 31 W 11 18 25 T 12 19 26 F 13 20 27
February 2017 A B A B A M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 T 2 9 16 23 F 3 10 17 24
March 2017 A B A B A M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24 31
April 2017 B A B A B M 3 10 17 24 T 4 11 18 25 W 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 F 7 14 21 28
May 2017 B A B A B M 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 T 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26
July 2017 June 2017 B A B A B A B A B A M 5 12 19 26 M 3 10 17 24 31 T 6 13 20 27 T 4 11 18 25 W 7 14 21 28 W 5 12 19 26 T 1 8 15 22 29 T 6 13 20 27 F 2 9 16 23 30 F 7 14 21 28
August 2017 A B A B A M 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 25
September 2017 A B A B A M 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29
October 2017 B A B A B M 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 31 W 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 F 6 13 20 27
November 2017 B A B A B M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24
December 2017 * B A B A M 4 11 18 28 T 5 12 19 29 W 6 13 20 30 T 7 14 21 31 F 1 8 15 22
Details correct at time of print 10/2016
*December 2017 to be confirmed.
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