The garden waste scheme includes a free garden waste bin and 18 fortnightly collections per year, running from March until the end of November.
What goes in garden waste bin North Tyneside?
A household garden waste collection service operates in North Tyneside. Your brown bin is for garden waste only – your bin won’t be collected if it’s contaminated with other waste or too heavy.
Use your brown bin for:
- grass cuttings.
- small tree prunings.
- dead flowers and house plants.
- leaves and weeds.
Can garden waste go in black bags?
black bags or plastic bags: garden waste should be placed in your bin loose as bags cannot be recycled.
Can you put hay in garden waste?
Please recycle:
Prunings and clippings. Flowers, plants and weeds. Straw and hay (provided they are not contaminated with animal waste) Shredded paper (loose, NOT IN PLASTIC BAGS)
What are GREY bins for?
Grey bin. Grey bins are collected from every household. Use this bin for general waste that is unsuitable for recycling or composting.
What should you not put in a garden waste bin?
What not to put in your green bin
- plastic bin liners, bags or sacks.
- biodegradable or degradable bags or sacks.
- compostable packaging as we cannot tell if these can be composted.
Can I put grass in my normal bin?
Please do not: Put green garden waste into your normal rubbish wheelie bin. Use orange recycling bags as these are for recycling only.
Can you put wood in garden waste bin?
Types of waste that can’t go in the brown bin
Garden furniture. Treated wood.
Can you put poop bags in green bin?
Pet waste must not be placed in your green waste wheeled bin. You can place this in your refuse bin if you have space.
Can tea bags go in garden waste?
There are several ways to dispose of your used tea bags. Overall, to help prevent greenhouse gas emissions from tea bags rotting in landfill, then the best thing to do is place tea bags in your food or garden waste collection, if you have one in your area.
Why can’t I put vegetable peelings in my garden waste bin?
Why can I not put food waste and fruit and vegetable peelings in my bin? Regulations introduced to prevent the spread of diseases like Foot and Mouth limit the materials that can be composted in the open air.
Can you put sand in garden waste bin?
If you’re wondering if sand can go in your yard waste, then the answer is no.
Can moldy hay go in compost?
Moldy/wet hay can also be used in the garden, the compost bin, and even act as a planter!
Can you put dog poop brown bin?
Items which cannot go into your brown bin include:
Pet Waste. Cardboard.
Does rubbish have to be in black bags?
No matter how hard you try, there will always be materials in your waste that cannot be recycled. This rubbish is called general waste, or ‘residual waste’, and should be disposed of in black bin bags. Examples of general waste include: Contaminated food packaging.
Can you put bricks in the bin?
However, you can’t dispose of bricks alongside your general waste – due to their bulk and weight. Instead, when disposing of bricks, you should: Store all brick waste in a suitable bin or container before collection.
Can I use a normal bin as a compost bin?
One of the easiest DIY ways to make a compost bin is to start with a trash can—something you may already have on hand—and drill several holes in it so your compost can get plenty of air and break down quickly. Then, you can tuck your new bin into a convenient spot and start adding organic material to it.
Can apples go in garden waste bin?
No. Vegetables and fruit can be placed your blue food caddy.
Does garden waste need to be bagged?
Does the green waste have to be loose in the bin or can it be bagged? Please place your green waste loose into the wheeled bin. We don’t want any sacks in there as the material would be difficult to compost at our disposal site.
Can you put weeds in the bin?
Yes. As far as composting goes, weeds aren’t any more difficult to compost than other plants so they shouldn’t be wasted. If you are following general weed advice and removing them whilst they are young, the weeds will breakdown and make excellent compost quickly. So why do some people not want to compost them?
Can I put leaves in general waste?
In your brown bin, you can put: food waste (without packaging) organic (living) matter from your garden, for example grass cuttings, leaves and small branches.