Garden Waste Collection

To meet the needs of local residents, the Council can collect and dispose of green sacks containing garden waste including:-

• Grass cuttings

• Shrub cuttings

• Leaf fall

• Exhausted bedding plants; and

• Unwanted weed growth.

• STOP PRESS! This January, Gosport residents will be able to put their real Christmas trees out for collection FREE OF CHARGE! Between 5 and 16 January 2009 only, please place your whole tree (do not cut it up) out for collection in a visible location at the front of your property, on your garden waste collection day (see the map and dates below). Please make sure your tree is free from any decorations etc. and we will do the rest! Trees will be composted and tonnages collected will contribute towards Gosport's recycling rate. For more information please contact Streetscene.
  

Garden waste collected is used for composting purposes and not disposed of along with your domestic waste. Composting tonnages contribute towards Gosport's overall recycling rate - for this reason green garden sacks which contain black sacks, are too heavy to lift or contain any other item not listed above, will not be collected. Please do not include food waste or soil. The weight limit for your green sack is 13kg - this equates to approximately half a sack of potatoes.  

The Council introduced a chargeable kerbside garden waste collection service during 1992 in order to help those residents who are unable to transport green waste to the household waste recycling centre.  Under the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992, garden waste is classified under Schedule 2 (Regulation 4), as a type of waste for which a charge may be made. 

Special large, strong green plastic sacks identified with the Council logo can be purchased from main reception at the Town Hall.  From April 2008 these are charged at £1 per sack for OAP’s and £1.40 per sack for other residents.  Should a resident be unable to visit the Town Hall and receives assistance with the normal domestic waste collection service a home delivery can be arranged by contacting the Streetscene Section.  A minimum order of 5 green sacks is required for home delivery, if possible, with payment prior to supply.

Once filled the sack must be made visible and available at the front of the property on the nominated collection day. Simply locate your home on the map below then check the index for the appropriate collection day. 

If your sack has been placed out for collection by 7.00 am but not removed on the nominated day, please contact the Streetscene Section within the following 24 hours.  Providing the collection contractor has not listed any reason for non collection, a request will made for them to return and remove the green sack within 24 hours.

Streetscene can be contacted by:

Tel: 08000 198 598

Email: recycling@gosport.gov.uk

Post: Streetscene, Gosport Borough Council, Town Hall, Gosport. PO12 1EB.

GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION DATES

Note: Weeks containing a bank holiday, collections will be a day later.

Garden Waste Collections will cease on 19 December and re-commence on Monday 5 January 2009.

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