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Garden Waste Subscription Service

If you subscribed by Direct Debit under the Early Bird offer, your three-year discounted annual rate of £50 for your first bin is coming to an end. The annual charge for your first bin will change from £50 to £57.50 for the period 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028.

Garden Waste Subscription Service 2026/2027 

To complete essential service administration and prepare for the next year, new subscription requests for the year commencing 1st April 2026- 31st March 2027 will only be available for card payment via the following form: 

Sign up for your subscription for 1st April 2026- 31st March 2027

Stickers

Your subscription sticker will be posted within 2 weeks of your successful payment. Please put the sticker on the rear of the bin, just below the handles, so it is clearly visible to the collection crew.

Additional bins/removal of bins

If you have requested additional bins, these will be delivered within 10 working days.

If you have asked for your bin to be removed, please leave them visible and accessible outside your property. Removals may take up to 6 weeks.

If you no longer wish to continue with your Garden Waste Subscription for the next year, starting 1 April 2027, you can cancel your Direct Debit directly with your bank to avoid any further payments.

Once the bank reports the cancellation, it will update the system accordingly.

If you would like to change your account details for the Garden Waste Subscription Direct Debit, please contact us on 01480 388640 and provide the updated information.

Alternatively, you can email wasteminimisation@huntingdonshire.gov.uk with your new details so we can update your account accordingly.

No, the three-year discount is only applicable if you opted to pay via Direct Debit during the Early Bird offer before January 2024. If you paid by card, the Early Bird discount applied for the first year only, from 1 April 2024 until 31 March 2025.

The Early Bird offer reduces the annual cost of the first green bin to £50 (instead of £57.50) if you subscribed by the deadline. However, to lock in the £50 price for a minimum of three years, you must have paid for the service via Direct Debit.

If you subscribe to the service you can put the following in the garden waste bin:

Yes please

√ Weeds

√ Hedge trimmings

√ Small twigs and branches (less than 2.5cm (1") in diameter)

√ Grass cuttings

√ Flowers, plants, and windfall fruit

√ Leaves

√ Shredded paper

√ Small animal bedding (vegetarian only, for example rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats

√ Ashes (these need to be cold before putting in the bin)

No thank you

X Food waste

X Plastic bags or bin bags

X Flowerpots and trays

X Soil

X Stones or rubble

X Branches or logs (larger than 2.5cm (1") in diameter)

X Any other household rubbish

X Textiles

X Animal waste

X Compost and turf

By law, we cannot charge for the collection of food waste. As there is a charge for the garden waste service, this means we cannot accept food waste as part of these collections.

If the waste is from a vegetable patch or windfall fruit, it is classed as garden waste and you can put it in your garden bin. If the waste comes from your kitchen, it is classed as food waste and you cannot put it in your garden bin.

We are fully committed to continuing to provide residents with advice to help them minimise the amount of food waste they generate.

Weekly food waste collections for all households and communal properties started the week commencing 30 March 2026.

For more information, please view the Food Waste webpage.

Please visit the Garden Waste Initiatives page for more information.