Your Green garden waste bin can be used to collect the following materials:

Loose SHREDDED PAPER can now be put in to your Green Garden Waste Bin.  Please ensure that this is mixed well with your garden waste 

• All food waste from the kitchen - RAW & COOKED
• Vegetable & fruit peelings
• Dairy products
• Meat
• Fish
• Bones

Garden Waste includes the following materials:

• Grass cuttings
• Prunings from hedges, shrubs and trees
• Trees that will fit into the green bin
• Leaves and bark
• Untreated wood (i.e. no nails, paint or varnish)
• Flowers and weeds
• Windfall
• Straw and Sawdust
• Cold ashes only when mixed with other compostable waste

We collect organic waste from households in the district using wheeled bins

• Garden waste is collected from households every two weeks.
• To find out what day your garden waste is collected, please see the link on the right.

Important Information

• Please place your garden waste on the edge of your property by 6.30am on the morning of your collection
• Please do not place the wrong materials in your garden waste collection as it will not be emptied. For a complete list of what can  and cannot go in your garden waste collection, please see the link on the right
• Only waste placed inside the wheeled bin will be collected
• Please do not place your garden waste in plastic bags inside your wheeled bin. Garden waste should be placed directly inside your wheeled bin or wrapped in newspaper.
• Make sure you do not overfill your wheeled bin. If your wheeled bin is too heavy to move it will not be emptied.
• All garden waste collected in wheeled bins is taken to a facility in Huntingdonshire where it is put through the composting process. It is made into a good quality soil improver and used on agricultural land.

Home Composting

The District Council also actively promotes home composting.

All vegetable kitchen waste and most garden waste can be broken down into a useful soil conditioner as a substitute for peat.  Home composting means that you get the first-hand benefits of recycling to use on your own garden.

Huntingdonshire District Council has joined up with Recycle Now to offer subsidised home compost bins with a £5 home delivery charge. 

220ltr Compost Converter - £22

330ltr Compost Converter - £23

320ltr KOMP - £55

You can order online by following the external link on the right, filling in the form within linked documents or by calling 0845 076 0223 quoting ref: WHC9.