Garden waste from SODC

#### Garden Waste Permit Update ####

The payment system for the new garden waste permits is now live.

Please use the link above to make payment and receive a permit before 1 April. Brown bins will not be emptied without a properly displayed permit. See below for more information.

SODC is introducing a new garden waste subscription from April.

Garden waste is an optional paid-for garden waste service. In the year 2025-26, for an additional annual charge of £75, residents get their garden waste such as hedge clippings, grass cuttings, dead leaves etc. collected regularly from their home using one of SODC’s brown wheeled bins.

From 1 April 2025, a new permit scheme will change the way that residents pay for their garden waste collection.  The permits must be paid for in advance, and direct debit will no longer be available.

Once it has received payment, residents will receive a garden waste permit through the post, which needs to be put on the lid of the brown bin.

When SODC moves to the new permit system, it will no longer collect bins that do not display the year’s permit sticker. After fair warning, if residents continue to present their bin without displaying a sticker it may be removed.

Please note: if a property is unsuitable for wheelie bins, residents should  call the Garden Waste Team on 03000 610 610 and not use the online form.