Residents who have purchased a permit for the district council’s brown bin garden waste collection service in South Oxfordshire can have extra garden waste collected for free on their normal scheduled collection day 13th November.
Permit holders can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden waste, per brown bin subscription, next to their brown bin
To be eligible for a collection, please follow this guidance:
- Only present garden waste, such as cut grass, plants or small branches as set out in the garden waste service terms and conditions.
- Please use standard sized (60L) black refuse-style sacks with a combined total no more than a standard bin when its full. Crews will only collect up to a maximum of four sacks per household. Additional sacks will not be emptied.
- Please DO NOT use sacks larger than 60L (including one tonne builders’ type waste bags) – the crews will not collect any garden waste from these, as they are too heavy to lift and empty into the vehicle.
- Sacks must be left untied so crews can easily empty them into the rear of the vehicle and be able to check there are not contaminants.
All garden waste collected will be taken to a facility near Wallingford. The resulting compost is sold to local farmers for use on their farmland as a soil conditioner.
There is more information about garden waste collection on the SODC website.