Brown bin collections will start in Leeds from Monday, March 13 continuing through until December.
Leeds City Council is one of the few councils to provide the collections for free and will deliver the largest garden waste collection by any council in the UK. As part of the service, 29,662 tonnes of garden waste were emptied last year.
All the garden waste collected in brown bins across Leeds is composted locally and used in farming, horticulture and land restoration projects around the city. These include leaving grass cuttings on your lawn, reusing garden waste by composting or creating piles for insects, birds and other local wildlife.
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Excess garden waste can be disposed of for free, at all eight of the council’s household waste recycling centres which are open seven days a week, no booking required. Residents can find out when their first brown bin collection date is by downloading the Leeds Bin App or by checking online.
Councillor Mohammed Rafique, Leeds City Council’s executive member for environment and housing, said: “The resumption of the free brown bin collection service is welcome news, marking the return of spring to Leeds.
“With over 18,000 brown bins emptied and taken for composting every day across Leeds, we are proud to offer the largest, free garden waste collection service of any council in the UK to help residents manage their gardens.
“However, we cannot offer this collection service to every household and regardless of whether you have a brown bin or not, the most environmentally friendly way to manage garden waste is by home-composting as much as you can; creating soil nutrients and improving the biodiversity of your garden and neighbourhood.
“There is plenty of on-line advice on how easy this is to do, and I am pleased that we have been able to secure a big discount on compost bins for Leeds residents.”
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