Garden waste collections

Collections for 2024/25

If you need your household garden waste bin emptied, you can sign up for fortnightly garden waste collections.

Please make sure you check the terms and conditions (ODT, 19KB) before signing up.

Get a part year discount

You can now sign up to get fortnightly collections until 27 April 2025 and pay:

£62.80 for your first bin
£48 for each additional bin

You’ll get around 10 fortnightly collections if you sign up on 7 October.

You will be able to check your first collection date when you receive your sticker pack.

Place the sticker on your garden waste bin lid, so we know to empty your bin.

There will be a pause of 3 fortnightly collections across 6 weeks in the winter.

Keeping you up to date

We will email you to keep you up to date about your collections and the service.

How the service works

If you'd like your garden waste bins emptied, you'll need to:

sign up and pay for the garden waste service
have a green garden waste bin

The fortnightly service started in early May 2024 and runs until 27 April 2025.

If you would like garden waste collections for a business, visit the business waste page

Frequency of garden waste collections

Your fortnightly collection will start on a Saturday.

If you sign up part way through the year, you'll receive a reduced number of collections.

There will be a yearly pause to collections (3 fortnightly collections) each year over winter.

Stickers for green garden waste bins

When you sign up for garden waste collections we'll send you bins stickers that will tell our crews you have paid for the service.

You'll get 1 sticker for every green garden waste bin you pay to have collected.

Your sticker will have your address on it and will be valid until the end of the service year.

We'll aim to post your sticker to you within 15 working days of you signing up and paying for the service.

Where to put your bin sticker

Please place your sticker on the centre of your green garden waste bin lid so it can be clearly seen.

Our collection crews will only empty green garden waste bins with a white sticker on the lid.

Removing old stickers

You will need to remove any previous stickers from your bin before the start of a new service and apply the new sticker.

Please remove as much of the old sticker as possible. A scrubbing brush and soapy water may help with more stubborn parts of the sticker.

Make sure the surface is clean and dry before applying your new sticker.

Green garden waste bins

Garden waste will only be collected from a Barnet issued green garden waste bin and will not be accepted in your black refuse or blue recycling bin for collection.

Order a new or additional garden waste bin

New or replacement bins will be delivered within 10 working days of receipt of the request and payment.

Manage your collection

Request a replacement garden waste sticker or update your contact details

Use these forms when you have already signed up to garden waste collection service and have a lost or damaged sticker, or have changed your contact details

Missed collections

If you have signed up to the service and believe your garden waste bin collection has been missed, you can report it

Renewing your collection

We will email you a reminder to renew your garden waste service each year.

Cancel your collection

You will need to contact us to cancel your collection.

For full details on service cancellations, check our terms and conditions (ODT, 19KB)

Assisted collections

If you have an assisted collection and you sign up to the paid for garden waste collection service, your assisted collections will continue.

If you need and do not currently have an assisted collection you can apply online

Your options if you don't sign up

You can:

compost your garden waste
make a booking to take it to Summers Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre
keep your bin, green garden waste bins cannot be used for recycling and refuse collections

Unwanted green garden waste bin removals

We will remove unwanted green garden waste bins from your property.

Each bin will cost £10 to remove whether it is full of garden waste or empty.

Arrange the removal of your unwanted bin

complete the online removal form
we will call you to take payment and arrange a time and date for bin removal

Remove my green garden waste bin

You will need to pay for a new bin if you decide to use the garden waste service in the future.

Success of the garden waste service

We introduced charges for garden waste collections in May 2020.

The service has proved very popular with over 43,500 stickers sold and a similar amount of garden waste being collected as before the service was introduced.

Charging for garden waste collections has allowed us to:

make improvements to services including the Street Cleansing service
relieve financial pressures on budgets

Find out what happens to garden waste