Household waste - garden waste
The council provides a fortnightly garden
waste collection service. You can recycle your garden waste by
hiring a garden waste wheelie bin for £30 per year, call 01622
602600 or you can
order a new bin online.
The council provides a fortnightly garden
waste collection service. You can recycle your garden waste by
hiring a garden waste wheelie bin (£30 per year, call 01622
602600 to order).
Alternatively you can purchase Maidstone Borough
Council garden waste sacks (£3.25 for 5) from council
receptions, Express Dairies Milkmen and local retailers
listed below.
The council promotes home composting
as this is the best way of treating garden waste as it minimises
vehicle movements.
We now use compostable garden sacks made from potato
starch, as these are far more environmentally friendly than
the plastic bags previously used and have significantly
improved the collection service as the bags do not have to be split
before emptied into the back of the collection vehicle. The
compostable bags are more expensive to produce and therefore we
have had to increase the price to £3.25 per roll (5
sacks). The cost of garden waste
bins remain unchanged at £30 per
year.
- You can exchange any unused plastic sacks for the new
compostable sacks (paying the price
difference) at the Council Gateway.
Please note: It is important not
to double bag the garden waste or use plastic sacks
inside the new compostable garden sacks.
Compostable bags are designed to
degrade during the composting process, we therfore advise
not bulk buying in advance and ensuring they
are stored in a cool, dry place.
Garden waste will only be collected if
presented in a garden waste wheelie bin or Maidstone Borough
Council garden waste sacks.
Yes Please
Grass Cuttings
Leaves and small Branches
Flowers and Plants
Hedge Prunnings
No Thanks
Kitchen Scraps
Earth
Turf
Stones
Plant Pots/Trays
What happens to my garden waste?
Garden waste collected in the borough is composted at a
large commercial facility.
You can then buy the compost from your local Household Waste
Recycling Centre in Tovil, Maidstone (£2.50 for a 40 litre
bag).
Who sells garden waste sacks?
If you are a retailer who would like to stock the garden waste
sacks please email waste@maidstone.gov.uk or
telephone 01622 602162.
Allington
Post Office, Hildenborough Crescent
Barming
Costcutters, 1-2 Marlborough Parade
Madon & Sons, 15/16 Bull Orchard
Bearsted
Bearsted News, 141 Ashford Road
Taylors Newsagent, 4 The Parade, Bearsed Green
Potted Garden Nursery, Ashford Road
Bearsted Parish Council , Madginford Hall, Egremount Road
The Post Office, 126/128 Ashford Road
Bredhurst
Bredhurst Parish Council, Bredhurst
Chart Sutton
Pleasant View Garden Centre, Plough Wents Road
Leach Motors, Chart Corner
Coxheath
Fareways (Londis), Heath Road
Downswood
Spires Newsagent, 2-3 Spires Centre, Derringwood Drive
Grafty Green
Grafty Green Garden Centre, Headorn Road
Grove Green
Newsrack, 6 Grove Green Centre
Harrietsham
Harrietsham Stores, 70/72 West Street
Headcorn
Post Offce & Stores, 28 High Street
Hollingbourne
Christopher's, 50-52 Eyhorne Street
Hollingbourne Parish Council, 1 Eyhorne Green Cottages, Muskett
Lane
Kingswood
Avenue Stores, 29 Charlesford Avenue
Lenham
McColls, 57-58 Honeywood Road, Lenham
Lenham Valley News, High St, Lenham
Lenham Village Store, The Square
Lenham Library, The Square
Loose
Loose Post Office, Old Loose Hill
Lucky's Newsagents, 1 Boughton Parade, Loose Road
Maidstone
Mini Market, 80 Boxley Road, Maidstone
Foley Park News, 1 Hatherall Road
Kingsley Post Office, 118 Kingsley Road
Maidstone Borough Council, The Gateway,King Street,
Maidstone
Sejal's, West Park Road
Manak Supermarket, 70-72 Hartnup Street
Tourist Information Centre, Maidstone Museum, St Faith's
Street
Peel Street Stores, 36 Peel Street
Betty News, 197 Upper Fant Road
Wheeler Wines, 108 Wheeler Street
Capital Express, 11 Snowdon Parade, Snowdon Avenue, Vinters
Park
Spa Stores, 4-6 Upper Fant Road, Maidstone
Karam & Raj, 109-111 Kind Edward Road, Maidstone
Mangravet
Mangravet Post Office, 4 Mangravet Avenue
Marden
Crowhurst & Thompsett, High Street, Marden
Stanleys of Marden, Albion Road, Marden,
Parkwood
Express Dairies, Coldred Road
Parkwood News, 16 Parkwood Parade
Penenden Heath
Post Office & Stores, Penenden Heath
Ringlestone
Ringlestone Post Office, 81 Chatham Road
Senacre
Mace, 11-12 Senacre Square
Shepway
Homeflair, 3 Northumberland Court, Northumberland Road
M & P Newsagents, Northumberland Court, Northumberland Road,
Maidstone
Staplehurst
Henhurst Farm Shop, Pinnock Lane *also stock compostable food
caddy bags
Staplehurst Parish Council, Village Centre
Spuds & Buds, High Street
Paxman Services, Unit 3, Larkstore Park, Lodge Road, Staplehurst
TN12 0QY
Stockbury
MB Farms
Parsonage Lane, The Street
Stockbury, Sittingbourne
Sutton Valance
The Post Office, Broad Street
Teston
Post Office & Stores, Church Street
Tovil
The Post Office, 4-6 Church Street
Walderslade
Boxley Parish Council, Beechen Hall, Wildfell Close
Yalding
Costcutter, Benover Road
What happens to my garden waste?
Garden waste collected in the borough is composted at a
large commercial facility. You can then buy the compost from
your local Household Waste Recycling Centre in Tovil,
Maidstone (£2.50 for a 40 litre bag).
How else can I get rid of my garden waste?
By using our Bulky Collection Service or by taking it to
your
Household Waste Recycling Centre in Tovil or try home composting.
Why do I have to pay for the sacks/bin hire?
- The council has a legal duty under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 to collect household waste from
all domestic properties within the Borough. (The Environmental
Protection Act 1990, Section 45(1)).
- But there are types of household waste for
which a charge for collection may be made and garden waste is one
of those (The Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988,
Regulation 5).
- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 defines
'household waste' as waste from: 'a domestic property, that is to
say, a building or self contained part of a building which is used
for the purposes of living accommodation.'
- Maidstone Borough Council decided the fairest
method would be to charge only those who used the service
via Maidstone Borough Council garden waste sacks/garden
bins.
- When residents buy Maidstone Borough
Council garden waste sacks or hire a garden waste bin, they
pay for the collection and disposal of garden waste and not
the composting.
- This way residents pay directly for
a garden waste collection based on usage of the service,
rather than a standard charge through the council tax payable by
everyone whether they use the service or not.
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