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Residents living in the wheelie bin collection areas receive a free 240 litre wheeled bin to store their garden waste within as detailed in December 2016’s Cabinet Report, which formally agreed the changes to collections. It is therefore only right that the white garden sacks for residents in the black bag areas should also be free of charge.
You are entitled to collect a maximum of 4 sacks per calendar year.
Please Note:
You are entitled to put out a maximum of 4 sacks a fortnight for collection from your kerbside.
We encourage you to write your address clearly on the sack in a permanent marker.
Where possible, please leave a heavy object near to your bags for the collection crews to place on the sacks after emptying.
You can order white sacks for delivery to your home address.
This service has been put in place as a response to changes during the coronavirus outbreak.
Order white sacks
