Have your say on garden waste collections.
13 November 2023 to 19 January 2024.
Following recent confirmation from government regarding their waste strategy, we now know that all councils will be asked to provide a separate garden waste collection service.
Introducing a separate garden waste collection service will support the council's vision to increase recycling rates as set out in our Integrated Waste Management Strategy 2021-2035.
We are assessing future options for the collection of garden waste from residential properties, and are evaluating the introduction of a paid for subscription-based collection service to be introduced from April 2025.
Subscribing properties would be provided with a 240 litre brown bin. Collections would take place on a fortnightly basis between March and October giving 18 collections in total. The garden waste collected would be composted.
Should this service be introduced it will replace the current arrangement and green sacks for garden waste will no longer be available for purchase and will not be collected alongside the black bin.
Legislation allows for a charge to be made to cover the cost of running a separate garden waste service and current evaluation anticipates that the annual subscription fee would be £55.
Have your say
We would appreciate it if you could complete this survey to help us understand the level of potential interest in this service.
Complete the garden waste collection survey
Closing date
The closing date for responses is Friday 19 January 2024.
Further information
If you have any queries, or require a copy of the survey in large print or another format, please email Craig Cornish via recycling@herefordshire.gov.uk
The responses you provide will be processed by the Waste Management Team on behalf of the council. No identifying data will be included in the final report as all information will be anonymised.
You will find further information about the processing of your data in our future garden waste collection survey privacy notice and in the consultations and surveys privacy notice.
Thank you for your co-operation.