Stroud District Council

Green Sacks and Green Waste

Home composting

There are a number of different options available for residents of the District to dispose of garden waste. It can be;

  • Residents of the District are also able to purchase subsidised compost bins. For further information, please follow the link. www.gcc.getcomposting.com/
  • Taken to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre at either Hempstead of Horsley where there will be a garden waste skip. Material collected here will be taken away for composting.
  • Presented for kerbside collection in pre-paid Council green sacks along with your black sack waste. Please note that this garden waste is sent to landfill and is not composted. The garden refuse sacks cost 60p and can be purchased from certain Post Offices and Council buildings across the District. Click on the link below to find out where your nearest outlet is;
    www.stroud.gov.uk/info/garden_sacks.pdf

Frequently Asked Question Regarding Garden Waste

Question

Instead of sending material in pre-paid garden waste sacks to landfill why does Stroud District Council not operate a kerbside collection of garden waste for composting when other local authorities are doing it?

Answer

We feel that the best way to deal with this waste is to compost it at home. After all, it provides a valuable nutrient rich compost that can be used in the garden! Where home composting is not possible, either because of a lack of space or too much material is being produced, it can be taken to a local household Waste Recycling Centre for composting or place in pre-paid garden sacks for landfill. Other local authorities have found that when they start collecting garden waste for composting, although the recycling rate increases, the overall amount of waste collected also increases. This results in a bigger bill for disposing of it, not to mention the cost of the vehicles and staff.


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