Garden Waste Collection Service
The service is a convenient way for you to recycle your garden
waste without having to take it to a Household Waste Recycling
Centre.
It is a chargeable collection
service offering you the option of either a green re-useable sack
or brown lidded wheeled bin which is collected from your
property. The green waste is sent for composting to a site in
Hampshire, where it is turned into 'Pro-Grow' and sold in local
Household Waste Recycling Centres.
All the garden waste collected
contributes towards the borough's recycling scheme.
View the garden waste
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Application form to print
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Applications for an annual licence and to receive a
garden waste sack/wheeled bin can be made in one of
the following ways:
By telephone: Please call our Customer
Services help line on 023 9244 6023 to pay by
credit or debit card.
Personal visit: Customer Services, Civic
Offices, Havant or Beachlands Office, Sea Front, Hayling Island.
Please bring a completed application form with your payment (this
can be obtained by post by contacting Customer Services on the
above number).
By mail: Complete the application form and post
it with your cheque made payable to 'Havant Borough
Council' to the following address.
Garden Waste Collection Service
Customer Services, Civic Offices,
Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2AX
How the service operates
An annual collection licence will be valid from 1 April
2012 to 31 March 2013.
Concessions are available to those residents on certain benefits
for the garden waste sack ONLY, please see application form for
more details regarding eligibility.
Once an annual licence is purchased it is
non-refundable.
On joining the scheme you'll receive a brown lidded bin or
reusable garden waste sack, along with a calendar showing your
collection dates for the duration of your licence.
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. The location of the
wheeled bin or sack needs to be given on the application form or by
advising Customer Services when applying by telephone.
The wheeled bin remains the property of Havant Borough
Council. The amount payable for this service is for your
yearly collection licence only.
What can and can't go into the garden waste sacks
The following items can be collected as part of this
service:
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge cuttings
- Prunings
- Leaves
- Shrub cuttings
- Dead plants/weeds
- Cut flowers
- Small branches/twigs (Not exceeding 3" (75mm) in diameter)
The following items cannot be placed in the sack:
- Soil including turf
- Concrete or rubble
- Fruit/vegetable peelings
- Food scraps
- Coal ash
- Animal waste
- General household waste
- Plastic flower pots or trays
It is VERY IMPORTANT that only the
correct items are placed in the garden waste sack/wheeled
bin. Sacks or wheeled bins that contain black
sacks, or any other items that are not listed as
acceptable for this service, WILL NOT be
collected.
The reusable sacks will hold up to 70 litres. Sacks weighing
over 20Kg WILL NOT be
collected.
The wheeled bin will hold up to 240 litres. If the lid is
not closed or the collection crew are unable to tip and pull
the bin safely, then it WILL NOT be collected.
Home Composting
Composting is easier than you think!
It is an enviromentally friendly way of getting rid of organic
waste from your kitchen and garden, giving you a completely
natural, peat free, compost to dig back into your garden.
After 9-12 months, depending how much you put into your compost
bin, you will have a rich, totally organic compost to put back onto
your garden.
Click here to view the Compost Bin and Water
Butt Offer.
To find out more information on how to compost, go to
www.recyclenow.com/compost.