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See further information about your green bins and garden waste:
- Retaining, reusing or recycling your green bin
- Other ways to manage your garden waste
- Register an interest in garden waste collections
Retaining, reusing or recycling your green bin
If you're not subscribing to the Garden Waste Subscription Scheme, you're welcome to keep your bins and can continue to use them in a number of ways, for example:
- for storage
- as a compost bin
You can reuse your green bin as a compost bin, just like Alan from Haxby has.
Alan said:
I decided to convert my old green garden waste bin myself into a composter, as the bins were better quality than the black composters.
"They were easier to access, easy to transform with just some hinges and a bolt and you can move them around your garden too. I’ve now converted three green bins into composters which are fantastic, and I’d definitely recommend others doing the same."
If you no longer want to keep your garden waste bin you can dispose of it free of charge, by taking it to the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) at Hazel Court HWRC and Towthorpe HWRC, where it will be recycled with other hard plastics.
Other ways to manage your garden waste
You can sign-up to the Garden Waste Subscription Scheme, if your household is eligible.
The garden waste service operates for 40 weeks per year, with fortnightly collections that run from early March until early December.
There are alternative options available to dispose of garden waste if you do not want to subscribe.
Garden waste can be composted at home and we offer discounted home composters available to buy for £15 from our HWRCs.
You can also take your garden waste, free of charge, to the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) at Hazel Court HWRC and Towthorpe HWRC.
Register an interest in garden waste collections
If you're not currently eligible for garden waste collections, you're able to register an interest in getting collections in the future.
The information you provide will help us to see if we can potentially extend the service across York and assess whether it would be possible to offer collections at your property in the future.
If you’re unable to complete the garden waste collections survey online, contact the Waste Team by telephone and member of our team will support you.
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