UK_garden_waste_charges

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
1	Local Authority	Region	County	Country	Rural urban classification (1 = very rural and 6 = very urban)	Initial bin delivery costs	Annual fee for service	Combined charge for a bin and annual service	Bin size (in litres)	Cost of second bin	Annual charge second bin	Combined second bin charge	Second bin size (in litres)	Collections per year	Stated or estimated number of collections per year?	Frequency of collections	Period collections cover	notes

2	Aberdeen City			Scotland		0	0	0								fortnightly		currently no charge, but starting in September, service will cost £30 per year; £36.10 delivery charge for additional bin; garden and food waste collected together
3	Aberdeenshire			Scotland			no service	no service										from website: 'we do not operate a garden waste collection service. Collecting garden waste from such a large geographical area would be expensive and it would not be of benefit to the environment.'
4	Adur	SE	West Sussex	England	4		85	85	240					50	estimated	weekly	except xmas/NY
5	Allerdale	NW	Cumbria	England	1	0	0	0				0		22	estimated	fortnightly	March to December
6	Amber Valley	EM	Derbyshire	England	5	20	40	60		20	20	40		20	stated	fortnightly	late February to late November
7	Angus			Scotland			28.4	28.4	240		28.4	28.4	240			fortnightly	mid February to late November
8	Antrim and Newtownabbey			Northern Ireland		0	0	0								fortnightly		food and garden waste collected together
9	Ards and North Down			Northern Ireland		0	0	0								fortnightly	year-round	food and garden waste collected together
10	Argyll and Bute			Scotland			no service	no service										does not offer a regular kerbside garden waste collection service
11	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon			Northern Ireland		29	0	29	240							fortnightly		food and garden waste collected together; first recycling bins to a new build only are free of charge, persons moving into an existing house must purchase the bin or bring the bin from previous property
12	Arun	SE	West Sussex	England	4	14.1	74.12	88.22	240							weekly
13	Ashfield	EM	Nottinghamshire	England	4		28	28	180		14	14	180	20	stated	fortnightly	March to December	Nottinghamshire County Council-funded free collections for two years to December 17; 'minimum' of 20 collections per year
14	Ashford	SE	Kent	England	3		37.5	37.5	240					25	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
15	Aylesbury Vale	SE	Buckinghamshire	England	2		45	45			45	45		22	estimated	fortnightly	February to November
16	Babergh	E	Suffolk	England	1		55	55	240		55	55	240	25	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
17	Barking and Dagenham	L	Outer London	England	6		40	40	240		40	40		22	estimated	fortnightly	late March to early December
18	Barnet	L	Outer London	England	6		52.24	52.24	240					20	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	all low-rise properties have free access to garden waste collection, according to Recycling and Waste Policies 2018
19	Barnsley	YH	South Yorkshire	England	5	25	0	25	240	25		25	140	20	estimated	fortnightly	March to November
20	Barrow-in-Furness	NW	Cumbria	England	3		38	38			38	38		25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	£38 fee if sign up online, £40 otherwise
21	Basildon	E	Essex	England	4	0	0	0	240	24.5		24.5	240			weekly	year-round
22	Basingstoke and Deane	SE	Hampshire	England	3	28.84	47	75.84	240					25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
23	Bassetlaw	EM	Nottinghamshire	England	2		30	30	240		30	30	240			fortnightly	March to November
24	Bath and North East Somerset	SW	Somerset	England	3	3	47.9	50.9	240					23	estimated	fortnightly	late January to early December	charges same for 240L or 140L; says £47.90 if starting at beginning of season, but also says £45.90 on website
25	Bedford	E	Bedfordshire	England	3		0	0	240	43.5		43.5	240	19	estimated	fortnightly	March to November
26	Belfast			Northern Ireland		0	0	0								fortnightly		food and garden waste collected together; all recycling bins and boxes are free; households on stacked boxes scheme do not have garden bin, just food bin
27	Bexley	L	Outer London	England	6		38	38	240		35	35		25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
28	Birmingham	WM	West Midlands	England	6		48	48	240		48	48	240	20	estimated	fortnightly	mid-March to early December	£48 online, £50 over the phone; can have more than one at additional cost
29	Blaby	EM	Leicestershire	England	4		36	36	240	24		24	140	23	estimated	see notes	year-round	fortnightly February to November but monthly December and January; £36 for 240L or £24 for 140L
30	Blackburn with Darwen	NW	Lancashire	England	4		30	30	240							fortnightly	March to November	£30 or £25 if sign up before 1 Feb 2019
31	Blackpool	NW	Lancashire	England	4		35	35	240	30	30	60	240			fortnightly	late January to early December
32	Blaenau Gwent			Wales		0	0	0								weekly	March to November	using hessian sacks
33	Bolsover	EM	Derbyshire	England	3		0	0	240					20	estimated	fortnightly	March to November
34	Bolton	NW	Greater Manchester	England	6	0	0	0	240	0	0	0				fortnightly	year-round	garden and food waste collected together
35	Boston	EM	Lincolnshire	England	3	25	30	55	240		15	15	240			fortnightly	February to November
36	Bournemouth	SW	Dorset	England	4		43	43	140		17	17	140	22	stated	fortnightly	February to December	£43 for collection of 1 bin, £60 for 2 and £80 for 3
37	Bracknell Forest	SE	Berkshire	England	4	36	50	86	240	36	46	82	140	25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
38	Bradford	YH	West Yorkshire	England	6		37	37			18.5	18.5		12	stated	every four weeks	except December
39	Braintree	E	Essex	England	2		0	0	240	29	38.5	67.5	180	20	estimated	fortnightly	March to November	each property gets a free 240L bin and collection, charges apply for a second 180L bin and collection
40	Breckland	E	Norfolk	England	1		46	46						26	estimated	fortnightly	year-round
41	Brent	L	Outer London	England	6		60	60	240		60	60	240	23	estimated	see notes	year-round	fortnightly March to November but monthly December to February
42	Brentwood	E	Essex	England	3		51.5	51.5	240		51.5	51.5	240	25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
43	Bridgend			Wales			38.3	38.3			5	5				fortnightly	mid March to mid November	each household that registers receives two garden sacks for collecting and storing their garden waste ready for their collection day; additional sacks can be purchased for an additional annual fee of £5; those who signed up before 31 March paid early bird price of £28 per household
44	Brighton and Hove	SE	East Sussex	England	4		52	52	240		52	52	240			fortnightly	except xmas/NY
45	Bristol	SW	Bristol	England	4	21	32	53	240					24	estimated	fortnightly	mid-January to late December
46	Broadland	E	Norfolk	England	3		53.5	53.5			53.5	53.5		25	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
47	Bromley	L	Outer London	England	6		60	60	240					22	estimated	see notes	year-round	fortnightly March to November but monthly December to February
48	Bromsgrove	WM	Worcestershire	England	4		45	45	240		45	45	240	20	stated	fortnightly	March to November
49	Broxbourne	E	Hertfordshire	England	6		34	34	240							fortnightly	except xmas/NY	£34 for a direct debit subscription, £42 for payment by debit or credit card
50	Broxtowe	EM	Nottinghamshire	England	5		33	33			16	16				see notes	year-round	fortnightly March to November but monthly December to February
51	Burnley	NW	Lancashire	England	4		30	30			25	25		20	stated	fortnightly	March to November
52	Bury	NW	Greater Manchester	England	6	0	0	0						26	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	garden and food waste collected together
53	Caerphilly			Wales		0	0	0								weekly	year-round	each household has been provided with green garden sacks; sacks are available to purchase at £3.06 per bag.
54	Calderdale	YH	West Yorkshire	England	6		40	40	240							fortnightly	March to November
55	Cambridge	E	Cambridgeshire	England	4	0	0	0	240	0	35	35	240			see notes	year-round	fortnightly March to November but monthly December to February; £30 for 140L or £35 for 240L for each additional bin; garden and food waste collected together
56	Camden	L	Inner London	England	6		75	75	240		75	75	240			weekly		either three 80L reusable sacks or one 240L bin
57	Cannock Chase	WM	Staffordshire	England	3	0	0	0	240					26	stated	fortnightly	year-round	do not provide additional bins
58	Canterbury	SE	Kent	England	4	51.95	0	51.95	240	40.6		40.6	140	21	estimated	fortnightly	March to December
59	Cardiff			Wales		25	0	25		25	0	25		22	estimated	see notes	year-round	fortnightly April to October but monthly November to March; garden waste is collected in either reusable garden waste sacks or green wheelie bins; if moved into a property without a bin, they cost £25 each; each property can have a max of two bins; sacks cost £2 each
60	Carlisle	NW	Cumbria	England	3	0	0	0	240							see notes	year-round	fortnightly but every six weeks in winter; do not offer additional bins but suggest home composting
61	Carmarthenshire			Wales			43	43	240					19	estimated	fortnightly	March to November	if paying in full when applying, residents receive 15% discount so pay £43, if paying by direct debit then costs £50.20
62	Castle Point	E	Essex	England	4		32	32			32	32				weekly
63	Causeway Coast and Glens			Northern Ireland		0	0	0								fortnightly	year-round	food and garden waste collected together; households which do not produce garden waste or cannot accommodate a brown bin will receive a weekly food waste only collection service
64	Central Bedfordshire	E	Bedfordshire	England	2	0	0	0	240					20	stated	fortnightly	March to November	those living in north = two 90L sacks, those in south = 240L bin, council looking to standardise the service to a 240L bin for all residents starting in September; don't supply additional bins
65	Ceredigion			Wales			see notes	see notes								see notes		service is a requestable one, which is fortnightly and provided all year-round; a fee of £1.30 per bag is charged to residents using the service
66	Charnwood	EM	Leicestershire	England	4		40	40	240		40	40	240	25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	£40 charge for annual direct debit, otherwise £45
67	Chelmsford	E	Essex	England	4	0	0	0	240	0	0	0	240	26	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	240L or 140L can be requested
68	Cheltenham	SW	Gloucestershire	England	4		45	45	240		45	45	240			fortnightly	except xmas/NY
69	Cherwell	SE	Oxfordshire	England	3	0	0	0		30	0	30		25	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	garden and food waste collected together
70	Cheshire East	NW	Cheshire	England	3	30	0	30	240	25	52	77	140	25	stated	fortnightly	year-round	there is an initial charge for the supply of new and replacement bins of £30 for a 240L bin, and £25 for a 140L
71	Cheshire West and Chester	NW	Cheshire	England	3		n/a	n/a			40	40		24	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
72	Chesterfield	EM	Derbyshire	England	4		n/a	n/a						26	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	garden and food waste collected together
73	Chichester	SE	West Sussex	England	2		53	53	360		53	53				fortnightly	except xmas/NY	£53 when paying by direct debit, £61.50 by credit/debit card
74	Chiltern	SE	Buckinghamshire	England	3		40	40			70	70		25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	bin or bags
75	Chorley	NW	Lancashire	England	3		30	30			30	30		22	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	minimum of 22 collections/year
76	City of Edinburgh			Scotland			25	25			25	25		24	estimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
77	City of London	L	Inner London	England	6		no service	no service								no service		does not offer regular garden waste collection service
78	Clackmannanshire			Scotland		0	0	0	240	43	0	43	240			every three weeks	March to November
79	Colchester	E	Essex	England	3		0	0						27	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	free garden waste bin in bin areas or four free garden sacks in bagged areas
80	Conwy			Wales			see notes	see notes								see notes		service is a requestable one, which is fortnightly and stops at Christmas/New Year; to use service, a reusable garden waste bag must be purchased at a cost of £1.50 each; on 9 April 2019, council's cabinet voted to introduce a £30 charge for collecting garden waste, expected to start towards end of 2019
81	Copeland	NW	Cumbria	England	1	0	0	0	240	32	35	67	240	17	stated	fortnightly	March to November
82	Corby	EM	Northamptonshire	England	4		0	0	240							fortnightly	reduced service in winter
83	Cornwall	SW	Cornwall	England	1	18.05	38.75	56.8	240	15.16	24.75	39.91	140	26	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	discount by paying online, otherwise £41.25 for 240L bin subscription; alternatively, £15.16 one-off cost for 140L and £24.75 subscription, or £3.50 one-off cost for 70L bag and £19.75 subscription.
84	Cotswold	SW	Gloucestershire	England	1		30	30			30	30				weekly		from 4 November 2019, will change from a weekly to a fortnightly schedule; £30 for set of 50 paper sacks
85	County Durham	NE	County Durham	England	2		35	35		20	35	55		17	stated	fortnightly	April to November	some parts of area not eligible for scheme for operational reasons
86	Coventry	WM	West Midlands	England	4	0	0	0	240	0	0	0	240	25	esimated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	council provides 140L and 240L bins; additional bins are provided free of charge
87	Craven	YH	North Yorkshire	England	1		36	36	240	0	36	36	240			fortnightly	March to November	some parts of area not eligible for scheme for operational reasons
88	Crawley	SE	West Sussex	England	4		56.3	56.3	240							fortnightly	March to November	£56.30 when paying by direct debit, £58.90 otherwise
89	Croydon	L	Outer London	England	6		61.5	61.5	240		61.5	61.5	240	26	stated	fortnightly	year-round
90	Dacorum	E	Hertfordshire	England	3	0	0	0	240	25	55	80	240	21	stated	fortnightly	late February to mid December
91	Darlington	NE	County Durham	England	4		35	35			35	35		17	stated	fortnightly	April to November	some parts of area not eligible for scheme for operational reasons
92	Dartford	SE	Kent	England	6	43.5	38	81.5	240							fortnightly
93	Daventry	EM	Northamptonshire	England	1		36	36	240		36	36	240	25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY
94	Denbighshire			Wales			24	24	140		12	12	140			fortnightly		costs £24 when subscribing online for one 140L bin or three sacks, £27 otherwise; £36 online for two 140L bins or six sacks, £39 otherwise; keeping 240L/360L bin, £36 online, £39 otherwise
95	Derby	EM	Derbyshire	England	4		0	0		40		40				fortnightly	year-round	was chargeable in 2018
96	Derbyshire Dales	EM	Derbyshire	England	1	0	0	0	240	26.5		26.5	240	25	estimated	fortnightly	year-round	for properties that cannot accommodate wheeled bin or are difficult for refuse vehicles to access an annual supply of compostable sacks are provided free of charge
97	Derry City and Strabane			Northern Ireland		0	0	0	240							fortnightly	year-round	food and garden waste collected together; fortnightly combined service started in most areas from June 24, 2019
98	Doncaster	YH	South Yorkshire	England	5	22.5	0	22.5	240	22.5	36	58.5	240	20	stated	fortnightly	March to November	£36 for first additional bin, £27 for further additional bins; if no green bin is at a property then the cost for delivery of one is £22.50; bin sizes 140L and 240L
99	Dorset	SW	Dorset	England	n/a		50.5	50.5	240		50.5	50.5	240			fortnightly	except xmas/NY	provides services for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council areas; year's supply of compostable sacks, for properties unable to use wheelie bins only, costs £45.50 for a full year
100	Dover	SE	Kent	England	3		46	46			46	46		25	stated	fortnightly	except xmas/NY	up to six bags per collection; reusable sacks can be purchased for £4 each or can use own bags