Garden waste recycling
Our garden waste recycling service is available for houses and maisonettes with private gardens. Currently, blocks of flats are unable to use this service.
Winter garden waste collections
In Hillingdon, the amount of household garden waste our council collects halves during the winter.
With effect from Monday 2 December, collections of garden waste during the months of December, January and February will change from weekly to fortnightly. This will help reduce our carbon footprint, by reducing lorry journeys and emissions, whilst ensuring we continue to deliver an efficient and cost-effective service. All other collection arrangements will stay the same.
During the rest of the year (March to November), garden waste will continue to be collected weekly.
Throughout the year, residents can also dispose of garden waste via our waste and recycling centres.
Use our online collection day lookup function to check your first garden waste collection for December.
Items accepted through our garden waste service
- Grass cuttings and hedge clippings
- Leaves, twigs and branches
- Dead flowers and weeds
Please note: We cannot take large amounts of soil, mud and dirt.
Garden waste sacks
If you live in a property that qualifies for this service, you will be provided with 3 free heavy-duty canvas bags. If you have a large garden, you can request up to 3 additional sacks.
We recommend that you write your door number and postcode on your bags for easy identification.
Worn or damaged bags will be replaced free of charge and can be disposed of with your weekly rubbish collection.
Order garden waste sacks
Please note:
- We'll deliver garden waste sacks to your doorstep.
- If it has been more than 10 days since you ordered more garden waste sacks and you have not received them yet, you can query undelivered recycling bags.
Instructions for collection
- Carefully cut large twigs and branches so they measure no more than 2 inches in diameter and 2 feet long and fit in the garden waste sack.
- Make sure the sacks are able to be lifted by our collection team.
- Keep all of your garden sacks within your property boundary until collection day.
- On your collection day, leave your garden waste bags near the end of your property boundary before 6am.
- If you do not have a front garden, leave your garden sack on the pavement the night before collection (no earlier than 5.30pm).
- A maximum of 6 bags will be taken per weekly collection.
Look up my collection day
Missed collection
If your garden waste hasn't been collected on your collection day and you have followed instructions for collection, please let us know and we will make another collection within 2 working days.
Please note: A missed collection cannot be reported until after 1.30pm on your collection day and must be within 72 hours of the collection being missed.
Report a missed garden waste collection