Sign up for garden waste collections

Householders can now sign up online for this year’s garden waste collections.

Garden waste collections are carried out fortnightly, and this year they will run from mid-March until the end of November for an annual fee of £47.

Those who have used the service previously will receive an email or letter letting them know they can renew online from today (Monday 20 January) and there is a separate online form for those who wish to sign up for the first time.

The first collections will be during the fortnight beginning Monday 17 March, so to ensure you can take advantage of all the scheduled collections please renew or sign up before Friday 28 February.

Almost 10,600 households signed up for the service last year and more than 2,840 tonnes of garden waste was collected. This was recycled and used for agricultural fertilizer and soil production.

Councillor Libby McCollom, the council's cabinet member for local services, said: “It’s good to see that our garden waste collection service continues to be so popular, with the number of households signing up increasing each year.

“This means we’re also able to recycle more garden waste too, which is great news. So, we’re just letting everyone know you can now sign up for this year’s collections, and to do so in good time to ensure you can take full advantage of the service.”

For more details about the service and how to renew online for 2025 collections, or how to sign up for the first time, visit www.darlington.gov.uk/gardenwaste

Don’t forget you can sign up for an email reminder to tell you when your bin is due to be collected and which bin to put out? If there is a scheduled change to collections, we will remind you of your new date too! To set up reminders log into your My Darlington+ account and go to the 'My Alerts' tab. More information can be found at www.darlington.gov.uk/bin-reminders