Garden waste

We provide wheeled bins and reusable bags for storing garden waste. Collections are every 2 weeks.

Order recycling products

Report missed collection

View your recycling and rubbish services information leaflet (PDF 795kb)

What garden waste can I recycle?

What can’t I put in my brown bin / bag?

Where to put your bin or bag

Place your bin or bag for collection at the inside edge of your property, not on the pavement, by 6am on your collection day.

Collections for estates and blocks

Some estates and blocks have communal bins for garden waste.

If you have a garden but don’t receive the doorstep garden waste collection, email recycling.team@hackney.gov.uk to request the service.

How should I dispose of compostable packaging?

Compostable plastic is a material made from renewable materials such as vegetable starch and soy protein. Compostable plastic should be put into your general waste and not your food waste or garden waste. This is because in north London food waste is processed in anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and mixed food and garden waste goes to in-vessel composting (IVC) facilities.

All packaging (compostable liners/Vegware/plastic bags) is removed from food and garden waste by ‘de-packaging’ machinery and disposed of. This has to be done because non-compostable items are often put into the food/garden waste when they shouldn’t be, causing contamination. The de-packaging machinery we use is not currently able to distinguish between compostable and non-compostable packaging when removing contaminants.

What should I do with large amounts of garden waste?

You can order an extra brown bin or a re-usable bag. You can also bring waste to a household waste disposal site.

What happens to my garden waste?

Garden waste from households in Hackney is sent to an in-vessel composting plant in south east England to be turned into compost.