Garden waste

In common with other local authorities (and indeed households) up and down the country, the Council was feeling the impact of the economic downturn and, with less funding from central government, budgets were and continue to be under considerable pressure. We therefore had to make some difficult decisions to ensure that essential services could be maintained.

Over 70% of UK authorities already charge for this service including most councils in Essex and others are considering introducing charges.

The decision was taken by Cabinet Members at their meeting on Monday, 10 July 2023.

We have not seen any increase in fly-tipping of garden waste since the subscription-based service was introduced. We know the vast majority of our District’s residents are conscientious and care about their local environment and that small-scale fly-tips such as bags of waste are deposited by an irresponsible few.