Garden waste
If you have a garden we can provide you with a green reusable
bag and collect garden waste from your home every week.
Your garden waste is taken to a local composting site. Millions
of tiny microbes break down the garden waste, heating it up in the
process and turning it into compost. After around three
months the composting process is complete.
You can put the following into
your green bag:
Unfortunately we cannot take the following:
- Stones, soil bricks or rubble
- Japanese knotweed
- Household or kitchen waste
- Plastics and metals
- Dog or cat waste
- Any other rubbish
Your collection service
- To find out your collection day please see collection
day on the schedule (pdf, 842Kb). Please check the last column
to make sure Garden Waste is listed.
- To order a second or replacement bag, join the collection
scheme, report a missed collection or find out more information,
please contact us on: 020 7364 5004 or email: generalenquiries@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Please make sure that your garden waste bag is out by 7am and is
clearly visible to the collection crews from the road.
Other ways of disposing of your garden waste
You can also get a low cost compost
bin from the Council, drop off your garden waste at Northumberland Wharf reuse and recycling centre
or request a
one-off collection of a larger quantity of garden waste.