What garden waste we collect

We can collect:

• grass cuttings
• hedge and shrub clippings
• weeds and flowers
• leaves and twigs
• small branches, up to 75mm diameter
• Christmas trees (chopped up, your bin lid must fully close)

We cannot collect:

• food, including any food waste such as windfall, or fruit and vegetable peelings
• invasive weeds, such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam
• soil, rubble, concrete, stones
• animal waste and bedding
• plastic bags, pots, trays
• large branches, over 75mm diameter
• logs or tree stumps

We take your garden waste to a composting site in Hampshire. The garden waste is composted using a process known as open windrow composting. The composting results in Pro-Grow, a high-quality soil conditioner that is available to buy at every tip in Hampshire, also known as Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).