Technical difficulties
We are currently experiencing technical issues with our online Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction & Council Tax form. Customers are currently unable to submit these forms to the Council. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope to have the fault rectified as soon as possible.
Essential systems maintenance this Friday evening
This website may experience intermittent disruption from 6pm tonight, Friday 16 August, while we upgrade our systems. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Green garden waste
We collect green garden waste from Newham residents for free.
Apply for a green waste collection
Before you apply
Make sure you:
- find out what green waste we collect
- prepare your green waste for collection so you know how many bags you want us to collect.
Apply
What green waste we collect
We collect:
- grass cuttings
- leaves
- prunings
- trimmings
- small branches
- flowers
- bark
- twigs
- weeds
- wood shavings
- straw
- real Christmas trees
- or just about any 'green' garden waste.
We do not collect:
- Japanese knotweed
- soil or sand
- flower pots
- large branches
- piles of green waste not in bags/secure bundles
How to prepare your green waste
Do:
- leave your green waste in normal black bin bags or in tied bundles outside your door or at the boundary of your property
- cut large Christmas trees into sizes that are easy to handle
- put less into each bag if the garden waste is wet and heavy.
Do not:
- put green garden waste into your normal rubbish wheelie bin
- use orange recycling bags as these are for recycling only
- fill bags too full - we will need to lift them into the back of a refuse vehicle.
Home composting
We subsidise compost bins for home composting. If you compost at home you will reduce costs for the council, and it will give you a free compost to help in your garden. To find out more go to the composting page.