Garden Waste 2026 Subscription

As part of the Council’s Waste Strategy agreed in 2021, a chargeable Garden Waste service was launched in 2022. This has brought the Council in line with other local authorities.

Subscription to the service is on an ‘opt in’ basisResidents who wish to have their garden waste collected are required to subscribe and pay once a year. The service is offered fortnightly over 40 weeks of the year.

The Garden waste collection service for 2025 ended on Friday, 28 November 2025. A joint team from the Council and Cheshire West Recycling (CWR) has reviewed the 2025 service and established the arrangements for 2026.

The 2026 Garden Waste Collection Service

Residents may subscribe and pay for the 2026 garden subscriptions from Monday, 8 December
2025. We encourage residents to subscribe online.

Following feedback from Members and residents, collections will start and end later than in previous years to reflect continued leaf fall into December. Collections will now take place between Monday, 9 March 2026 and Friday, 11 December 2026.

Summary:

• The 2026 garden waste subscription form will be live from Monday, 8 December 2025.
• The collection service will continue to be offered over 40 weeks of the year.
• Subscribers will receive a 2026 permit to stick on their garden waste bin, alongside

Full instructions, and key information:

• To ensure awareness for all residents, reminder stickers will be placed on all domestic waste (black) bins during week commencing Monday, 8 December 2025.

• From January 2026, a communications campaign will begin – with information on the council website, social media, local radio and in newspapers as well as posters in Council buildings, such as libraries from 8 December 2025.

• The easiest and quickest way to subscribe and pay is online; however, residents can also call the contact centre or visit one of our libraries.

• Increase in charge – the subscription charge for 2026 is increasing to £55.00, an increase of £2.50 from the 2025 collection service. The increase is necessary to continue to meet full cost recovery for this discretionary service and ensures the service is paid for by those who use it. Residents who are in receipt of full council taxreduction at the point of applying are still entitled to a £10 discount for one bin only.

Residents will be asked to provide details/evidence as part of the application process.