 Garden waste can be disposed of in the following
ways:
By composting at home
- Garden waste is not accepted in your green bin but can
be composted at home
- Compost your garden waste with kitchen waste to create an environmentally
friendly organic matter to put on your garden
- Home composting reduces the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill
By
taking it to a Recycling Centre
Garden waste can be disposed of free of charge at a Recycling
Centre.
The centres are located at:
- Ashill, between South Pickenham and
Ashill on the B1077 Swaffham to Watton Road
- Thetford, Burrell Way, Thetford. Close to
Sainsburys supermarket
- Snetterton, Snetterton Heath. Leave A11 at
Snetterton race track, approx ¼ mile past race track entrance, on left hand side, just before sharp
right hand bend.
- Hempton, Helhoughton Road, Fakenham. Take
A1065 south out of Fakenham. HWRC is signed from the A1065 on the ‘S’ bend
If
you have any enquiries regarding the Household Waste Recycling Centres please telephone Norfolk County
Council on 0844 800 8004.
By using our Garden Waste Collection Scheme
We offer a chargeable garden waste collection service.
For a charge of £36 per year, residents will be provided with
a 240 litre brown wheeled bin which will be collected 26 times a year on a fortnightly basis.
- garden waste needs to be placed loose in the bin – Not
in Bags
- only the contents of the wheeled bin will be collected
additional
garden waste placed beside the bin will not be collected
- the lid of the bin needs to be closed
- the bin must be placed at the edge of the property by 6.30am on the
morning of collection
- a calendar will be provided advising the collection dates
- residents can have more than one garden waste bin
the
yearly charge is levied on each bin the resident requests
- you can share a brown bin with a neighbour
the
bin will need to be registered with one resident only.
What
can go in the Brown Garden Waste Bin?
Yes
- hedge clippings
- cut flowers
- grass cuttings
- leaves
- shrub prunings
- twigs and small bracken
- vegetable waste from the garden
No
- large items of garden waste, e.g. tree trunks
- fruit, salad or vegetable peelings
- eggshells
- tea bags
- cooked food including vegetables
- meat or cooking oil
To
subscribe to the garden waste collection service please contact us or alternatively
click here to download an application form.
Please send the completed form, with payment to:
SERCO
Garden Waste Collection Service
Unit F
Rashes Green
Dereham
NR19 1JG
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