The 2023/24 service
Use our online form to sign up for the Garden Waste Collection Service.
The service will run from 27 March 2023 to 22 March 2024.
Once you have signed up to the service, your collection dates will be added alongside your black, green-lidded and purple bins dates on the Find my bin day tool.
If you would like to find out your collection dates before signing up, you may request a calendar via the Request my bin day form.
New customers
You can opt in to the Garden Waste Collection service part way through the year, however there is no reduction to cost. Please see our breakdown of costs towards the bottom of this page.
Your subscription to the service will end on 22 March 2024 - not 12 months from the date you began your subscription.
We will aim to deliver your sticker (your physical proof of subscription to the service) as soon as possible, usually within the same month.
Existing customers
Renewing your subscription
You can renew your subscription to the Garden Waste Collection Service and receive your 2023/24 sticker in March. Complete the Garden Waste renew or apply online form.
Requesting changes
If you have renewed your Garden Waste Collection service, or have had it automatically renew as a direct debit customer, and need to request an amendment such as purchasing additional garden waste bins, you can do so via the request amendments to service form.
Cost explanation
As a discretionary service which residents choose to subscribe to or not, it is essential that the Garden Waste Collection Service covers its own costs without the need for subsidy from general taxation.
Reviewed periodically to ensure the charge is set at the right level to achieve full cost-recovery, projections on income and expenditure have to be made over a five-year period.
We are pleased to say the £40 charge for the service in 2023/24 is frozen and remains the same as in 2022/23. The charge is carefully calculated to take an aggregated, longer-term view of anticipated customer take-up and increased operating costs – fuel, tyres, vehicle maintenance, staffing costs etc.
It is our practice to regularly assess levels of service take-up and cost-recovery, with a further review scheduled next year.
At £40, the North Kesteven Garden Waste Collection Service continues to be good value for money.
- Collection of first bin - £40.00
- Collection of additional bins - £8.00 per bin
- Purchase of additional brown bin - £38.00
You can also find details about purchasing discounted compost bins.
Accepted garden waste
Items we want to see in the garden waste (brown) bin:
- grass, flowers, plants and leaves
- weeds
- hedge cuttings
- clean straw
- twigs
- small branches
- real Christmas trees (cut into small lengths)
Items we don't want to see in the garden waste bin:
- bags (plastic or biodegradable)
- food waste (including fruit and vegetables)
- ash
- glass
- bricks and hardcore
- tree stumps and root balls
- grass sods and turf
- soil
- household waste
- soiled pet bedding (e.g. cat litter)