Green Garden Waste Recycling Collection

Use your green wheelie bin to recyle your green garden waste.

We will collect your green wheelie bin every fortnight during the main growing season on the same day as your normal rubbish collection.

Collections for 2010

Garden waste collections are due to begin again in Solihull from 5 April.

Depending on the collection round, your collections will start on either week commencing 5 April or 12 April. You will be receiving a collection calendar through your letterbox to let you know which week your collections will start, and the rest of your collection dates up until 10 December.

Remember garden waste can also be taken to Bickenhill Household Waste Recycling Centre throughout the year.

What can you put in your green wheelie bin?

Yes Please:

• Lawn Clippings
• Small Branches
• Prunings
• Spent Flowers
• Leaves
• Windfall fruit / cones/ seeds
• Weeds

No thanks:

• Soil and Turf
• Bricks and Rubble
• Tree Stumps
• Large Branches
• Food/Kitchen Waste
• Vegetable / fruit peelings
• Animal Faeces
• Plastic Bags/Sacks
• Plant Pots/Seed Trays/ Hanging Baskets
• Pesticides/Weed killer

What do I have to do on the day of my collection?

Please put your wheelie bin out by 7.00am on the day of collection at the edge of your property (where it meets the pavement). If your home doesn't front directly onto the pavement or you live on a private drive, please place your wheelie bin where your boundary meets the pavement.

Assisted Collection Service

We have an Assisted Collection Service for residents who are unable to place their wheelie bins and recycling boxes and sack out for collection due to infirmity or disability.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Why can't I put kitchen waste or vegetable/fruit peelings in the wheelie bin?
  The Animal By-products legislation does not allow kitchen waste and garden waste to be composted together. You could start composting at home by buying a home compost bin for your own kitchen waste at home.

• Is it safe to put diseased plants into my wheelie bin?
  Yes. The high temperatures during composting kill any harmful spores and pests.

• If I have more garden waste than will fit inside the bin, will it be taken if I put it in a bag and place it at the side or on top of the lid of my wheelie bin?
  No. The collection rounds have been planned to ensure that every household will have their garden waste collected on the same day as the normal rubbish collection. If we were also to take away extra waste this may delay or prevent the collection from other residents' wheelie bins. If you have extra waste you could buy a home compost bin to compost your own kitchen waste at home. Alternatively you could take your extra garden waste to the Household Recycling Centre at Bickenhill for composting.

• What happens to my wheelie bin during the winter months?
  The green waste collections will run until the middle of December. The collections are then suspended over the winter months you must keep the wheelie bin until the collections start again in the spring.