Household garden waste

You can now sign up to our household garden waste collection service for 2025/26, with the new service due to start on 1 April 2025

Our year-round service (excluding just two weeks at Christmas) will collect your garden waste directly from your kerbside. This year you can also book the service on behalf of someone else using your MyDudley account.

The charge for the service is £52, the equivalent of £1 per week - for fortnightly collections running from 1 April 2025, to the end of March 2026, with collections only suspended for two weeks over Christmas. The charge for 2024/25 worked out at 70p a week for a 50-week service with 25 collections. This year (2025/26) the charge equates to £1 a week, a 30p increase.

Please note:

• New permits will be delivered within 10 working days
• It may take up to 24 hours for your subscription to display in MyRequests

What to put in your garden waste bin

• Cut flowers
• Grass cuttings
• Plants and weeds
• Leaves, twigs and bark
• Hedge and shrub clippings

What not to put in (these items won't be collected)

• Metal or glass
• Stones or rubble
• Animal waste or bedding
• DIY rubbish, timber or sawdust
• Food or kitchen waste (including raw or cooked food)
• Soil, pot plant compost, turf, ash or garden chemicals
• Plastic (including plastic bags, bin liners, carrier bags or plant pots)

We can't empty your garden waste bin if it

• Is too full for the lid to close
• Is too heavy to empty safely
• Contains items that can’t be composted
• Contains any bags - garden waste must be loose and not in bags

You can also subscribe for multiple garden waste collections. If you already have additional garden waste bins please indicate the number that you want to pay for when you subscribe. If you need additional bins, these can also be purchased.

Additional garden waste

If you have a lot of heavy garden waste, you can split it over several garden waste collections. You can also take it to the tip, also known as the household waste recycling centre or it can be composted at home.

You can also alternatively pay a one-off fee for large amounts of garden waste to be picked up from your home. For a small fee, you can get rid of unwanted items quickly and easily by using our bulky waste collection service

Terms and conditions for our household garden waste collection service