Garden Waste Collections
a refuse worker drags two bins to the refuse lorry

Winter 2024/25

Collections will be suspended over the winter months. In Ilkeston and surrounding areas, the last collections will be during the week starting 11 November 2024. Collections will start again during the week of 17 February 2025 and will run to 31 March 2025.

In Long Eaton and surrounding areas, the last collections will be during the week starting 18 November 2024. Collections will start again during the week of 24 February 2025 and will run to 31 March 2025.

Using brown bins for recycling during the winter months

Following the introduction of charges for the collection of garden waste, brown bins can no longer be used for extra recycling over the winter months.  This will prevent the mixing of waste which can happen when bins are used for different materials at different times.

If you regularly have extra recycling, an additional blue bin can be purchased, or extra recycling presented at the side of your blue bin in green bags or clear plastic bags. Green bags can be collected from the Town Halls or Victoria Park / West Park Leisure Centres.

Subscriptions for 2024/25

The garden waste scheme for 2024-25 (1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025) closed for new subscriptions on Friday November 8, 2024.

Subscriptions will reopen in January 2025 for new sign ups or to renew subscriptions ready for the garden waste scheme 2025/26  for collections from 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026.

What to put in the brown bin

  • Grass cuttings
  • Plants and weeds - with soil shaken off roots
  • Leaves
  • Hedge clippings
  • Twigs and small branches
  • Trimmed branches (no thicker than 3 inches/8 cm).
  • Cut flowers
  • Windfall fruit

All garden waste should put in the brown bin loose, not bagged or wrapped. The garden waste collected is sent to be composted.

What cannot go in brown bin

  • Soil and turf
  • Invasive weeds like Japanese Knotweed, Ragwort, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Rhododendron and Hemlock.
  • Wood and timber
  • Animal waste and bedding
  • Bricks, rubble, garden stone, rocks or pebbles
  • Garden tools and equipment, plant pots, ornaments
  • Plastic of any kind
  • Food waste
  • Household waste

Brown bins must be out for collection by 7am on collection day and placed at the edge of the property where it joins the footpath or road, or at an agreed collection point. We cannot guarantee that collections will take place at the same time every fortnight. Brown bins are collected on the same day as recycling.

New and Replacement Brown Bins

New Brown Bin 240 litre: £39.00

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