Sack collections will take place on your normal garden waste collection day. However, the booking system will help ensure the crews are aware of your request.
We cannot return for missed collections that have not been booked, and we will only collect Council-branded sacks purchased for the service.
The booking system has been introduced to minimise unnecessary journeys, save resources and money. This will help to protect other essential council services and help to tackle the Climate Emergency.
Book a garden waste collection
Garden waste sacks are £3.65 each and are available from several local stockists.
Where to buy garden waste sacks
- Bathford Village Shop, Bathford Hill, Bathford, BA1 7SN
- Best one Express, 33 Upper Bloomfield Road, BA2 2RY
- Homecharmer, 7A Chelsea Road, Lower Weston
- Francis DIY, 39 Moorland Road, Oldfield Park
- M&K Hardware Ltd, 32 Guildhall Market, Bath City Centre
- Maurdens Newsagents, 260 High Street, Batheaston
- Radstock Town Council Community Hub, The Street, Radstock BA3 3PR
- Stowey House Farm Ltd, Stowey, Bishop Sutton, BS39 5T
- Thomson’s Hardware, 5 Fortescue Road, Radstock, BA3 3PH
- Winford Road Garage, Littleton Mill, 7 Chew Road, Chew Magna, BS40 8HJ
- High Street DIY, 15 High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2HY
- Prior Park Garden Centre, Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4NF
- Hillier Garden Centre, Whiteway Road, Bath, BA2 2RG
- Gardenalia, Mile End, London Road, Bath, BA1 6PT
- Bathford Nurseries & Garden Centre, Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7LR
- Star News, Brookside House, 8 High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4BY
You can book a collection online by telephone by calling Council Connect on 01225 39 40 41, or in person at any of our Information and Advice Services in Bath, Keynsham or Midsomer Norton.
Crews may not collect garden waste if it has not been booked in, as your property will not be included on their collection notes.
You can book up to 30 sacks for collection. You can book up to 4 collections at a time.
If you have more than this to be collected in one go, please contact us by phoning Council Connect on 01225 39 40 41 or visit us in the Information and Advice Services.
If you booked a garden waste sack collection and our crews missed it, you can report a missed collection. Please note we won’t send crews back for sacks or trees that weren’t booked in for collection.
Please put garden waste sacks out at the front edge of your property, where they can be seen easily by our crews, from 6am on your collection day.
We offer an assisted collection for residents that need help with their collections. We can only collect containers and sacks from agreed locations which have good access. Please note, we cannot enter residents’ properties.
You can book a collection online before your scheduled garden waste collection. Scheduled collection days fall on the alternate week to your household rubbish collection. When you make a booking, you will automatically be booked onto the next available scheduled collection day. If you want to block book collections, you can choose up to 4 dates at a time.
When we collect your garden waste, it is taken to be composted in open rows. The material is shredded and turned regularly to achieve a high composting standard (PAS100). The compost is used on a network of local farms.
We are improving the way we collect garden waste. Instead of sending our trucks to every road in the district, we are using new technology to only send them to properties with subscription garden waste bins and those with booked in garden waste sacks for collection. This will help make our service more efficient, saving time and resources.