Green Bin Collections and Food Waste
Charges for green bin garden waste collection – Householders wanting to have their garden waste bins emptied after 1 October [2024] can subscribe to Shropshire Council’s garden waste service from Tuesday 3 September.
A 12-month subscription costs 56 per bin and will cover the period 1 October to 30 September. Garden waste collections will stop from 1 October 2024 for anyone that hasn’t subscribed by this date.
A payment window will be open until 31 March 2025. To subscribe and for more information about the service people should visit the Shropshire Council website at www.shropshire.gov.uk/gardenwaste. Anyone unable to subscribe and pay online can call 0345 520 7007. Those who subscribe to the service will be sent a special sticker to attach to their garden bin, to show collection crews which bins to empty.
Food waste collection – From 1 October food waste collections will be suspended as councils cannot charge for this service. Subscribers to the garden waste service will no longer be able to put food waste in their garden bin. However, all councils in England must introduce a weekly food waste collections to all properties from 2026 and Shropshire Council will introduce a new food waste collection service to all households from that date.
Those who don’t subscribe are also asked not to put garden waste in your general waste bin as this is taken to an energy recovery facility, which can’t accept garden waste. General waste bins won’t be emptied if they contain garden waste. More information is available on the Shropshire Council website at www.shropshire.gov.uk/gardenwaste.