Garden Waste
Please visit our garden waste collection sign-up page if you would like to join the service and be eligible for garden waste collection.
To advise us of a change, for example, change of address, cancellation of service and removal of bin or moving of service to a new address, then please visit your garden waste account.
If you are unable to access this account then please complete our garden waste change of circumstances form.
Please be aware that if you move address within the Ashford borough and you wish to continue with the service, you will need to take your garden waste bin with you to your new property after notifying us.
If you have decided not to renew your subscription, please take a moment to leave us some feedback.
What do I put in?
Yes Please!+
- Grass Cuttings
- Hedge trimmings
- Pruning's and small branches
- Weeds and leaves
- Dead plants
No Thanks!+
- Building rubble
- Household or food waste
- Paints and liquids
- Logs and tree stumps
- Plant pots and polystyrene
- Turf or soil
For handy tips and advice, download our Garden Waste Leaflet 2015 [pdf] 2MB.
We also encourage all residents to compost their garden waste at home wherever possible - you can produce your own compost by using organic kitchen waste and waste from the garden and Ashford residents can now get great deals on composting equipment at www.getcomposting.com.
You can also take green recycling to the Kent County Council Recycling Centre where it is rotted down into compost that can be bought back and used on the garden.
Frequently Asked Questions
+ What is the garden waste collection service?
+ What if I have not renewed my subscription, but I want to keep my bin?
General information
+ How often will my garden waste be collected?
+ Why isn't it free?
+ Do I have to use this service?
+ Where else can I dispose of my green waste?
+ Will extra waste be collected if my bin is full?
+ I want to use the service, but I have too much/not enough garden waste for one container.
+ What happens if my garden waste is not collected?
+ What if my new container is stolen?
+ I'm elderly or disabled and struggle to put my garden waste out for collection, can I get help?
+ If I don't want a new bin, can I leave my garden waste out in black bags?
+ What happens to my green garden waste once it has been collected?