What to put in your garden waste sack or wheelie bin | Sevenoaks District Council
Early start for waste collections during the heatwave

With more high temperatures issued for next week, we will start our waste collections earlier than normal until Friday 17 July 2026.

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What to put in your garden waste sack or wheelie bin

What you can put in

  • Lawn cuttings
  • Flowers
  • Leaves 
  • Hedge trimmings
  • Weeds
  • Twigs
  • Small shrubs
  • Branches under one metre long and 2" (50mm) in diameter.

Please remember: it has to be compostable and shreddable.

What you can't put in 

  • Soil
  • Turf
  • Stones
  • Rubble
  • Food waste
  • Plastic
  • Paper
  • Fencing
  • Wood
  • Pet litter or animal waste of any kind
  • Branches over one metre long and 2" (50mm) in diameter
  • Compostable magazine wrappers (these do not breakdown efficiently at the composting facility, but you can put them in a compost bin)

It has to be compostable and shreddable. If it's not, don't put it in!

Larger branches and unsuitable material can be taken to a Kent County Council Household Waste and Recycling Centre for proper disposal or recycling.