Garden Waste Collection Service - How The Service Works
The cost of joining the Garden Waste Collection Service depends on the number of wheeled bins or reusable sacks you would like us to empty each fortnight. The annual charge is:
£32.50 for the initial subscription
£18.50 for each additional subscription
From 1 April 2019, the annual charge will be:
£34.25 for the initial subscription
£19.50 for each additional subscription
Only one garden waste wheeled bin or reusable sack will be emptied per subscription.
To look up when your garden waste collections are due, click here: When Are My Bins Collected?
| YES | NO |
| Grass cuttings | Soil / Concrete / Rubble |
| Hedge cuttings | Fruit and vegetable peelings |
| Weeds | Food scraps |
| Small branches | Coal ash |
| Leaves | Animal waste |
| Prunings | Commercial waste |
| Small amounts of windfall fruit | Household waste |
Your wheeled bin or sack should be left at the edge of your property by 7.00am on your collection day.
Sacks - Please do not exceed the 20kg weight limit. Sacks over this limit may not be emptied.
Materials put out for collection will be checked. Heavily contaminated bins or sacks will not be emptied and an orange information tag will be attached. All of the collected garden waste is composted to produce Pro-Grow, a high quality organic soil conditioner produced in Hampshire by Project Integra. Pro-Grow can be bought at any Household Waste Recycling Centre or online.
Garden waste will only be collected in wheeled bins or in the sacks provided by the Council.
If subscriptions are not renewed, collections will cease. For information about renewing your subscription click here: Garden Waste Collection Service.
Garden waste collections will not take place between Christmas and New Year.
To report a missed collection online, please follow this link: My Test Valley
