Garden waste

East Hampshire District Council operates a kerbside garden waste collection service every two weeks.

On joining the scheme you will need to buy a brown bin (costing £31) as well as an annual collection licence. You can find your collection calendar on our website by typing in your address and looking under the 'waste and recycling' block.

If you receive an assisted collection for your rubbish and recycling service you will automatically be eligible for assistance with the garden waste collection service.

Once an annual licence is purchased it is non-refundable. There will be a charge for all replacement, lost or stolen wheeled bins.

Garden waste charges 2020-21

Bin pricing (available to all customers)

  • One bin licence (annual) = £72
  • Two bin licences (annual) = £144
  • Three bin licences (annual) = £216
  • Four bin licences (annual) = £288

240 litre brown wheeled bin (including delivery) = £31

Sack pricing (existing customers only)

  • One sack licence (annual) = £48
  • Two sack licences (annual) = £96
  • Three sack licences (annual) = £144
  • Four sack licences (annual) = £192

Replacement sack (including delivery) = £7

Join the service

The service does not run over the Christmas period, but we will collect real Christmas trees with garden waste when we resume in January.

New customers

New customers can sign up for the service online using their MyEHDC account.

Existing customers

Existing customers can renew their licence(s) using their MyEHDC account.

Garden waste bin wasn’t collected?

You can report a missed bin 24/7 via your MyEHDC account.

Missed bins must be reported by 4pm on the next working day after your scheduled collection.

What can go in the bin?

  • Grass cuttings
  • Hedge cuttings
  • Weeds
  • Small branches
  • Leaves
  • Prunings

What can't go in?

  • Soil, concrete, rubble
  • Vegetable peelings
  • Food scraps
  • Coal, ash
  • Animal waste
  • Commercial waste
  • General household waste

Where does my garden waste go?

The garden waste collected goes to a composting site in Hampshire and is made into organic soil conditioner, widely used in local parks and formal gardens.