Household waste - garden waste

The Garden Waste Recycling Scheme is currently available to 38,000 residents.

Garden waste is collected from the kerbside every fortnight (monthly in winter) and recycled into environmentally friendly nutrient-rich compost.

The compost is sold wholesale to A W Jenkinson Forest Products and is also available at a reduced cost to the public in 25kg bags at the Household Waste Recycling Centre, Bousteads Grassing, Carlisle, CA2 5LG. Call 01228 531454 for more details (open Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm except Christmas Day).

Contact us to find out if you are part of the garden waste recycling scheme.

What can go in my garden waste wheeled bin?

Kitchen Food Waste

We cannot accept food waste in the Garden Waste bin due to the Infectious Diseases Act legislation following Foot and Mouth disease. We compost our waste in large open heaps known as 'windrows' and any kitchen waste that may have come into contact with meat products (for example, if cut up on the same chopping board), may spread airborne disease.