Contact us if you are unable to put your bins out due to infirmity or disability and we can help with your collection. The program's purpose is to reduce the amount of waste shipped to landfills by recycling biodegradable waste into compost. Bag your waste and help to prevent maggots - for more information please see our maggot prevention guide. In fact, each green lid wheelie bin we sell is resistant to colour fading from UV rays, chemicals, and extreme weather conditions, making them highly robust and reliable. Find out about fortnightly garden waste collections, how to subscribe and what is collected Introduction Request a garden sack collection When are my collection days?

If you are struggling financially and in urgent need we may be able to give you some support via the Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme. Use this form if you already have an additional green bin but need to pay for a permit so that your bin will be emptied. You’re allowed up to four blue bins for mixed recycling, and four green bins for food and garden waste. Collections will not be made from any property other than the property to which your subscription relates.Where any unforeseen event (or similar) detailed in clause 16 above arise Somerset Council reserves the right to vary the Garden Waste Collection Service including by cancelling or rescheduling collections as far as is reasonably necessary under the circumstances.

Collections are made by our in-house collection team Tuesday to Friday, any time between 7:00am and 5:00pm.

Garden waste is turned into compost and is then used by commercial landscapers and local authorities. The municipality picks up the waste on a regular basis along with other garbage and recycling collections, and composts it at an industrial composting facility. York Region, Ontario has implemented a Green Bin program throughout the region as of September 17, 2007.