Garden waste

Garden waste collection is an optional, chargeable collection service for all households in West Northamptonshire.

The subscription service was already in place for homes in the Daventry and Northampton areas, but was introduced in the former South Northants area from 4 April 2022.

How to subscribe

The annual subscription charge for the fortnightly service from April 2022 to March 2023 is £42 per bin and can be paid online via debit or credit card.

If you were previously subscribed in Northampton or Daventry areas and wish to continue receiving garden waste collections for the next year then you will need to renew.

Subscribe for garden waste collection

What happens next

After you subscribe, you will receive a registration letter with a sticker that must be placed on the front of your garden waste bin. Bins that do not show a valid registration sticker will not be emptied.

If you subscribe to the service then you will continue using your existing garden waste bin for collections. We do not supply garden waste bins in smaller sizes.

You can have a new bin if:

your bin is lost or is badly damaged or broken beyond repair and needs replacing
you are subscribing for an extra bin subscription
you are subscribing for the first time and do not currently have a garden waste bin

What to put in your garden waste bin

cut flowers
grass cuttings
hedge trimmings
leaves and twigs
pet straw
small branches
untreated sawdust
weeds
wood shavings

What not to put in your garden waste bin

bricks, rubble and soil
large tree branches or trunks
cardboard and paper
cat or dog waste
fats and oils
food
flower pots
plastic bags
any plastic item
textiles
metals and glass
other wooden items

Bins that have the wrong items or are too heavy to lift onto the waste vehicle will not be collected.

People who do not wish to use the garden waste service may wish to consider home composting. Find out more on the Get Composting website.

You can also take their garden waste to your local household waste recycling centre.

Moving out of West Northamptonshire

You can transfer the service to a new address if you are moving within the West Northants area. The bin needs to remain at your old property. Please contact us and we will cancel your subscription at your old address and re-issue a permit sticker for your new address.

As there are no refunds for this service, you can leave your bins and sticker for the people moving into the property to use until the end of the service period, when they will need to pay for another if they want the service to continue.

Why information is on a different website

We are in the process of adding information to this new unitary council website. Some pages will give you a link back to a previous council website to help you find what you need. Read more about the council changes.

Last updated 22 July 2022