[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":526},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nav-advice":3,"advice-getting-rid-of-garden-waste-bath":13,"footer-advice":522},[4,7,10],{"title":5,"slug":6},"How to get rid of garden waste in Bath: bins, the tip, and what neither will take","getting-rid-of-garden-waste-bath",{"title":8,"slug":9},"How to get rid of a sofa, mattress or big furniture in Bath","getting-rid-of-large-items-bath",{"title":11,"slug":12},"Bath Recycling Centre: opening times, booking and what you can take","bath-recycling-centre-opening-times",{"id":14,"title":5,"body":15,"dateModified":502,"datePublished":503,"description":480,"extension":504,"intro":505,"mainImageAltText":506,"mainImageCaption":507,"mainImageCredit":507,"mainImageId":508,"meta":509,"navigation":510,"ogImage":511,"path":512,"readingTimeMinutes":513,"schemaImages":514,"seo":515,"seoDescription":516,"seoTitle":517,"shortIntro":518,"sitemap":519,"slug":6,"stem":520,"twitterImage":511,"__hash__":521},"advice/advice/getting-rid-of-garden-waste-bath.md",{"type":16,"value":17,"toc":479},"minimark",[18,29,32,35,40,95,98,101,113,122,125,129,132,135,166,170,173,176,187,196,200,203,228,231,234,254,257,261,264,296,300,309,318,338,341,344,348,351,354,371,374,383,387,390,393,406,418,422,427,430,434,437,441,444,448,451,455,458,462,465,469,472,476],[19,20,21],"blockquote",{},[22,23,24,28],"p",{},[25,26,27],"strong",{},"Last checked: 8 September 2026."," The council's garden waste subscription runs July to July and the prices move with it, so we re-check this page every summer.",[22,30,31],{},"A B&NES garden waste bin costs £75 a year, which for general maintenance, like looking after a lawn and a hedge is absolutely the right answer. The moment you start digging, it isn't such a great help, though - soil, turf and large logs are all excluded, and so is anything that won't physically fit in the bin.",[22,33,34],{},"This guide covers what the council will collect, what you can take to the tip yourself, and what's left over when neither will have it. We're a Bath waste removal company, not the council, so we've linked to the official pages for anything you need to book or pay for.",[36,37,39],"h2",{"id":38},"the-councils-garden-waste-collection","The council's garden waste collection",[41,42,43],"table",{},[44,45,46,58,71,83],"tbody",{},[47,48,49,53],"tr",{},[50,51],"th",{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},1,[50,54,55],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,56,57],{},"Cost",[47,59,60,66],{},[61,62,63],"td",{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,64,65],{},"Garden waste bin, first year",[61,67,68],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,69,70],{},"£75, plus a one-off £11.75 to deliver the bin",[47,72,73,78],{},[61,74,75],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,76,77],{},"Garden waste bin, after that",[61,79,80],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,81,82],{},"£75 a year",[47,84,85,90],{},[61,86,87],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,88,89],{},"Single garden waste sack",[61,91,92],{"colSpan":52,"rowSpan":52},[22,93,94],{},"£5.09",[22,96,97],{},"The subscription year runs July to July. If you start part-way through, you pay a reduced amount for the months that are left.",[22,99,100],{},"Collections are fortnightly with a break in the middle of winter. The current cycle runs from 13 July to 4 December 2026, then picks up again on 18 January and runs to 11 July 2027. Put the bin at the edge of your property nearest the road, by 6am on collection day.",[22,102,103,112],{},[104,105,111],"a",{"target":106,"rel":107,"href":110},"_blank",[108,109],"noopener","noreferrer","https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/garden-waste-sacks","Garden waste sacks"," are the pay-as-you-go option if you don't want a bin sitting there all year. You can book up to 15 at a time and up to four collections, and they're picked up on your normal garden waste day. Book them first because collection crews may not take garden waste that hasn't been booked in. For more than 15, ring Council Connect on 01225 394041.",[22,114,115,116,121],{},"You can ",[104,117,120],{"target":106,"rel":118,"href":119},[108,109],"https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/garden-waste","subscribe to garden waste collection on the council website",".",[22,123,124],{},"If your garden produces a bin's worth of waste every fortnight, then the council service at £75 for the year is the best value option you have. If you have more than that, or things the council won't take, then read on.",[36,126,128],{"id":127},"what-the-bin-wont-take","What the bin won't take",[22,130,131],{},"Everything ordinary is fine: grass clippings, leaves, prunings, flowers and plants, branches, bark and hedge trimmings - all good.",[22,133,134],{},"Here's what the council will not take:",[136,137,138,144,149,152,160,163],"ul",{},[139,140,141],"li",{},[25,142,143],{},"Soil, peat and turf",[139,145,146],{},[25,147,148],{},"Large branches or logs",[139,150,151],{},"Food waste, plastic or cardboard",[139,153,154,155],{},"Japanese knotweed and other invasive weeds, which need ",[104,156,159],{"target":106,"rel":157,"href":158},[108,109],"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prevent-japanese-knotweed-from-spreading","specialist disposal",[139,161,162],{},"Compostable cutlery and packaging",[139,164,165],{},"Animal waste",[36,167,169],{"id":168},"taking-it-to-the-tip-yourself","Taking it to the tip yourself",[22,171,172],{},"Garden waste is free at all three B&NES recycling centres and there's no limit on how much of it you can bring.",[22,174,175],{},"Three ducks to get in a row if you're going to the tip:",[136,177,178,181,184],{},[139,179,180],{},"You have to be a B&NES resident and prove it. A driving licence, Discovery card, council tax bill or recent utility bill will do.",[139,182,183],{},"Bath and Midsomer Norton need a booked slot. Keynsham doesn't, so if you'd rather not book, go there.",[139,185,186],{},"A van, pick-up or trailer needs a free permit, and permits only work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Bath is shut on Tuesdays and Midsomer Norton on Thursdays, so a borrowed van on a Sunday is no use to you anywhere in the district.",[22,188,189,190,195],{},"We've written up the ",[104,191,194],{"target":106,"rel":192,"href":193},[108,109],"/advice/bath-recycling-centre-opening-times/","opening times, booking and permit rules for all three centres"," separately.",[36,197,199],{"id":198},"soil-the-one-nobody-takes","Soil: the one nobody takes",[22,201,202],{},"Dig out a border, take a neglected garden back to bare ground, or clear up the spoil a builder left behind, and you've made the one kind of garden waste with no council route at all.",[136,204,205,211,217],{},[139,206,207,210],{},[25,208,209],{},"The green bin"," excludes soil, peat and turf outright.",[139,212,213,216],{},[25,214,215],{},"The recycling centres"," will take loose soil, but it counts as building waste, so you're limited to two 50-litre bags or one bulky item per visit, with a maximum of four visits in any four weeks. Turf isn't accepted at all.",[139,218,219,227],{},[25,220,221,222],{},"The council's ",[104,223,226],{"target":106,"rel":224,"href":225},[108,109],"/advice/getting-rid-of-large-items-bath/","large item collection"," doesn't cover garden waste, so that route's closed too.",[22,229,230],{},"If the soil is already dug out and bagged up by the gate, a skip or a grab lorry is usually the cheapest way to shift it. We price on weight, and soil is the heaviest thing in any garden. On that job we lose on price and we know it.",[22,232,233],{},"Most of the time, though, the digging is the job. Taking an overgrown garden back to bare ground means:",[136,235,236,239,242,245,248,251],{},[139,237,238],{},"cutting back and pulling out whatever has taken over",[139,240,241],{},"digging out the roots and the topsoil they're sitting in, which is where the weight comes from",[139,243,244],{},"filling bags or barrows, and there's always more of it than you thought",[139,246,247],{},"carrying the lot through the house or down a side return, because a lot of Bath terraces have no other way out",[139,249,250],{},"either booking a permit day at Midland Road and making several trips, or hiring a skip and finding somewhere to put it that isn't the pavement",[139,252,253],{},"clearing up and putting everything back afterwards",[22,255,256],{},"We do all of that. Show us the part of the garden you want gone and we'll cut it back, dig it out, carry it through, take it away, and sweep up behind us. A skip does none of that. It arrives, sits on the drive, and waits for you to fill it.",[36,258,260],{"id":259},"sheds-fence-panels-stumps-and-logs","Sheds, fence panels, stumps and logs",[22,262,263],{},"A few things to know about some of the larger garden items:",[136,265,266,278,284,290],{},[139,267,268,271,272,277],{},[25,269,270],{},"Fence panels."," The council will collect these on the large item service, so that's a real option if you only have a few. If you want new panels put up at the same time as the old ones go, we do ",[104,273,276],{"target":106,"rel":274,"href":275},[108,109],"/services/fencing-installation-repairs-bath/","fencing in Bath"," as well.",[139,279,280,283],{},[25,281,282],{},"Old sheds and garages."," The council's large item collection refuses broken up sheds and garages outright. We can do these for you.",[139,285,286,289],{},[25,287,288],{},"Large branches and logs."," Not in the green bin, but fine at the tip if you can get them there.",[139,291,292,295],{},[25,293,294],{},"Tree stumps."," We'll take a stump away once it's out of the ground. We don't grind or dig them out, and if that's what you need you'll need a tree surgeon.",[36,297,299],{"id":298},"can-you-just-burn-it","Can you just burn it?",[22,301,302,303,308],{},"There's no law against a garden bonfire and no set times you have to stick to. It becomes a problem when the smoke amounts to a statutory nuisance, at which point the council can act under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. You can also be fined if smoke drifts across a road and puts traffic at risk, and ",[104,304,307],{"target":106,"rel":305,"href":306},[108,109],"https://www.gov.uk/garden-bonfires-rules","gov.uk's rules on garden bonfires"," are clear that you can't burn household waste if doing so will cause pollution or harm anyone's health.",[22,310,311,312,317],{},"The ",[104,313,316],{"target":106,"rel":314,"href":315},[108,109],"https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/how-prevent-bonfire-or-smoke-nuisance","council's own advice"," is worth following if you're going to do it:",[136,319,320,323,326,329,332,335],{},[139,321,322],{},"Never start a bonfire after dusk or before dawn",[139,324,325],{},"Tell your neighbours first",[139,327,328],{},"Burn small amounts at a time",[139,330,331],{},"Keep it away from trees, fences and other homes",[139,333,334],{},"Have a spade, a bucket of water or a hose to hand",[139,336,337],{},"Don't leave it burning, and don't let it smoulder overnight",[22,339,340],{},"Don't burn damp grass cuttings or damp garden waste, which is what produces the thick smoke that gets people complained about. Oily rags, rubber, plastics, foam and tyres are out entirely.",[22,342,343],{},"Bath's smoke control area covers chimneys rather than bonfires, so it doesn't apply here, but the nuisance rules still do.",[36,345,347],{"id":346},"when-its-worth-paying-someone","When it's worth paying someone",[22,349,350],{},"The council's system is built around a bin. It works well until the day you're doing real work in the garden.",[22,352,353],{},"Call us when:",[136,355,356,359,362,365,368],{},[139,357,358],{},"There's soil to shift, which has nowhere council-run to go beyond a couple of bags a week",[139,360,361],{},"There's more than 15 sacks' worth",[139,363,364],{},"You don't have a vehicle, or the only permit day that works is the day your nearest site is shut",[139,366,367],{},"There's an old shed or a collapsed fence in it",[139,369,370],{},"You can't lift it, or you'd rather not spend a weekend of trips to Midland Road",[22,372,373],{},"Small jobs start from £100. Beyond that we price on weight, because that's how disposal is charged to us at the transfer station. Green waste is light for its size, so a van packed to the roof with hedge cuttings and prunings costs a good deal less than the space it takes up would suggest.",[22,375,376,377,382],{},"We do the work as well as the removal, so if the garden needs cutting back or digging out first, that's part of the job: see ",[104,378,381],{"target":106,"rel":379,"href":380},[108,109],"/services/garden-clearance-bath/","garden clearance in Bath"," for what that covers.",[36,384,386],{"id":385},"check-the-licence-before-you-pay-anyone","Check the licence before you pay anyone",[22,388,389],{},"If you pay someone to take your waste away, the legal responsibility for where it ends up stays with you. If it's fly-tipped, the council traces it back to your address rather than to the van.",[22,391,392],{},"Ask for the waste carrier registration number, check it on the Environment Agency's public register, which is free and takes a minute, and keep the receipt. The receipt is what proves you checked, so make sure it shows the company's name and licence number.",[22,394,395,396,399,400,405],{},"Ours is ",[25,397,398],{},"CBDU635149",", and you can ",[104,401,404],{"target":106,"rel":402,"href":403},[108,109],"https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/waste-carriers-brokers/registration/CBDU635149","look it up on the public register",". Hold anyone quoting you a cheap cash price to exactly the same standard.",[22,407,408,409,417],{},"If you need help, or have questions, ",[25,410,411,412,121],{},"call us on 07981 102602 or ",[104,413,416],{"target":106,"rel":414,"href":415},[108,109],"/contact/","request a quote"," Tell us roughly what's there and whether it still needs cutting back, and we'll come back to you within 24 hours.",[36,419,421],{"id":420},"frequently-asked-questions","Frequently asked questions",[423,424,426],"h3",{"id":425},"how-much-is-a-garden-waste-bin-in-bath","How much is a garden waste bin in Bath?",[22,428,429],{},"£75 a year, plus a one-off £11.75 to deliver the bin in your first year. The subscription runs July to July, and if you join part-way through you pay a reduced amount for the remaining months. Single garden waste sacks are £5.09 each if you'd rather not subscribe.",[423,431,433],{"id":432},"can-i-put-soil-in-my-garden-waste-bin","Can I put soil in my garden waste bin?",[22,435,436],{},"No. Soil, peat and turf are all excluded. You can take loose soil to the recycling centre, but it's treated as building waste, so you're capped at two 50-litre bags or one bulky item per visit and four visits in any four weeks.",[423,438,440],{"id":439},"how-do-i-get-rid-of-soil-in-bath","How do I get rid of soil in Bath?",[22,442,443],{},"There's no council collection for it. Small amounts go to the recycling centre within the building waste limit. For anything more than that it's a skip, a grab lorry, or a clearance company. If the soil still has to be dug out, that's the part that decides it, because the first two won't do the digging.",[423,445,447],{"id":446},"what-do-i-do-with-old-turf","What do I do with old turf?",[22,449,450],{},"Turf isn't accepted at the recycling centres and it can't go in the garden waste bin, so there's no council option for it. If you've got the room, stack it upside down in a corner and let it rot down into loam, which takes about a year. Otherwise it goes out with the rest of the soil when the garden gets cleared.",[423,452,454],{"id":453},"can-i-burn-garden-waste-in-my-garden","Can I burn garden waste in my garden?",[22,456,457],{},"Yes, there's no law against it and no set hours. You can't let the smoke become a statutory nuisance, and you can't burn household waste, plastics, rubber or foam. Avoid damp cuttings, which smoke heavily, and don't light it after dusk or leave it smouldering overnight.",[423,459,461],{"id":460},"can-i-take-garden-waste-to-the-tip-in-bath","Can I take garden waste to the tip in Bath?",[22,463,464],{},"Yes, and it's free with no limit on quantity. You'll need to prove you live in B&NES, book a slot for Bath or Midsomer Norton, and get a free permit if you're arriving in a van, pick-up or trailer.",[423,466,468],{"id":467},"how-do-i-get-rid-of-tree-branches","How do I get rid of tree branches?",[22,470,471],{},"Small prunings go in the garden waste bin. Large branches and logs don't, but they're accepted at the recycling centres. If there's a lot of it, or it's still attached to the tree, that's a job for us or a tree surgeon depending on whether it needs cutting first.",[423,473,475],{"id":474},"how-do-i-get-rid-of-grass-cuttings-without-a-garden-waste-bin","How do I get rid of grass cuttings without a garden waste bin?",[22,477,478],{},"Buy a garden waste sack at £5.09 and book a collection, take them to the recycling centre for nothing, or compost them at home. Grass composts quickly if you mix it with something dry, and the council sells compost made from B&NES garden waste at the reuse shop in Keynsham.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":481,"depth":481,"links":482},"",2,[483,484,485,486,487,488,489,490,491],{"id":38,"depth":481,"text":39},{"id":127,"depth":481,"text":128},{"id":168,"depth":481,"text":169},{"id":198,"depth":481,"text":199},{"id":259,"depth":481,"text":260},{"id":298,"depth":481,"text":299},{"id":346,"depth":481,"text":347},{"id":385,"depth":481,"text":386},{"id":420,"depth":481,"text":421,"children":492},[493,495,496,497,498,499,500,501],{"id":425,"depth":494,"text":426},3,{"id":432,"depth":494,"text":433},{"id":439,"depth":494,"text":440},{"id":446,"depth":494,"text":447},{"id":453,"depth":494,"text":454},{"id":460,"depth":494,"text":461},{"id":467,"depth":494,"text":468},{"id":474,"depth":494,"text":475},"2026-09-17T14:09:57.0050648Z","2026-09-17T14:09:57.0047973Z","md","A garden waste bin from the council costs £75 a year, and for a lawn and a hedge it's the best value option in Bath. Here's what it won't take, what you can get into the recycling centres yourself, and what to do with the soil and the old shed when neither will have them.","Getting rid of garden waste in Bath with garden waste bins, a skip, or a garden clearance service",null,14,{},true,"https://api.missionsystems.co.uk/api/images/14?w=1200&h=630&fit=cover","/advice/getting-rid-of-garden-waste-bath",10,[511],{"title":5,"description":480},"A B&NES garden waste bin costs £75 a year and won't take soil, turf or logs. What goes where in Bath, what the tip accepts, and what to do with the rest.","Get Rid of Garden Waste in Bath: Bins & Tip (2026)","A garden waste bin costs £75 a year in Bath and won't take soil, turf or logs. What the council collects, what the tip takes, and what to do with the rest.",{"loc":512},"advice/getting-rid-of-garden-waste-bath","CIA5KXVpZ6G86OpvrVksbHREcQzXekvx_tkt5uqH15E",[523,524,525],{"title":5,"slug":6},{"title":8,"slug":9},{"title":11,"slug":12},1791028560811]