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About the Household Garden Waste Collection Service

Garden waste wheelie bins have green lids

Garden waste is collected weekly from the 240 litre wheelie bin service (subscription only) or from purchased sacks
Collections do not happen in the first two weeks following Christmas and New Year
Properties that subscribe to the Garden Waste Collection Service will have a green lidded wheelie bin embossed with three dots
All garden waste is taken to a licensed site to processed into composting
Your garden waste must be put out on the front boundary of your property close to the pavement in a clearly visible location (or in your bin store if that's where it's normally collected from) ready for collection by 6:30am on the morning of your collection day
Please avoid blocking paths or other public areas
Waste not contained within the wheelie bin will not be accepted and may cause a littering nuisance if attacked by animals and/or birds. However, additional garden waste will be collected if in AWCS marked garden waste sacks.

Please see our full terms and conditions below:

Garden Waste Collection Service - Terms and conditions (164KB)

Please note: that all existing customers renewing subscriptions will receive their 2019-20 permit within 14 days after payment is received.

Apply for the Garden Waste Collection Service

Our weekly Garden Waste Collection Service is £85 for one year’s subscription.

The current Garden Waste Collection Service subscription year runs from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020.

New customers will need to pay the Garden Waste Collection Service subscription fee before receiving the service.

New subscribers who join part way through the subscription year will only pay the remaining fee due to take them up to the end of the year.

Renewals will then be invoiced in February before the new subscription year begins in April.

The tariff for new joiners to the scheme is as follows:

Tariff bands for new joiners	Cost
Full year 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020	£85
Joining service 1st May 2019 to 30th June 2019	£80

Please call us on 01903 851729 to apply for your Garden Waste Collection Service. We cannot currently take online applications for this service.

Refunds:

Refunds will only be given for the following reasons:

Moving out of the Adur/Worthing area
Moving to a property with no garden (refunds sent to new address)
Person deceased
No refunds will be given after 30th September 2019

Refunds will be given pro-rata, where applicable:

1st April to 31st May - £60
1st June to 30th June - £50

Note:

There are NO garden waste collections between 27th December 2019 and 9th January 2020.

How to pay your Garden Waste Collection Service renewal online

If you currently subscribe to the Garden Waste Collection Service and you have been sent your annual renewal invoice, you can pay online.

To renew online please have your invoice to hand - the invoice number (starting with a '9') can be found in two locations:

top right - in the reference section
bottom left - in the tear off slip

Sample Garden Waste Collection Service invoice showing invoice number locations

Then click on the link below and select the 'invoices starting with a 9' option:

Pay your Garden Waste Collection Service renewal online

Buy garden waste sacks

Garden waste sacks can be purchased for £1.25 from any garden waste sack retailer in Adur or Worthing.

Garden Waste Sack

AWCS garden waste sacks will be collected on your usual bin collection day, except for the two weeks immediately following Christmas and New Year.

You do not need to be a Garden Waste Collection Service subscriber to have sacks collected.

Note: Only AWCS garden waste sacks will be collected (see photo right). Garden waste in other sacks/bags will not be taken.

Garden Waste Collection Service: What we will take

We only accept the following compostable material lose, in the bin:

Grass cuttings
Weeds
Prunings
Flowers
Leaves
House plants
Garden plants

We cannot accept garden waste contained in plastic bags or sacks.

The following must not be placed in the garden waste bin:

Seed trays
Plastic plant pots
Garden wire
Any plastic, glass or metal
Gravel, stones or soil
Food
Fish
Meat waste or bones
Disposable nappies
Dog or cat faeces
Rabbit/ guinea pig bedding, etc
Japanese Knotweed (see Japanese Knotweed)

Items such as uncooked vegetables, peeling and fruit should go in to your home compost system, not in to your garden waste bin, see:

Home composting and Food waste

Any waste mixed with food must go in with your normal household waste bin, not into your garden waste bin, see:

Household waste/refuse

What happens to your garden waste

All garden waste collected is taken to a third-party company (Olus) where it is processed into graded compost.

Their products are sold and distributed through landscaping supply companies and can also be purchased through the Olus website.

Christmas trees

Christmas tree

Real trees (not artifical ones!)

In January each year we recycle real Christmas trees.

Your unwanted real Christmas tree(s) should be put out for recycling next to your general waste wheelie bin from Monday 9th January 2020 (date will change each year) on your normal refuse collection day.

If your real Christmas tree still has its roots then why not plant it out in your garden to enjoy all year round?

Please remember to remove all the decorations, baubles, tinsel and the twinkly lights from your real Christmas tree (and save them for next year) before putting your tree out for collection.

Artificial trees, decorations, tinsel and lights

If you have an artificial tree then please package it away carefully and save it for re-use next Christmas along with all your decorations, tinsel and lights.

Garden Waste

About the Household Garden Waste Collection Service