Approximately 20% of the average household's rubbish consists of green garden waste. If this waste ends up in your black wheelie bin a valuable resource that could be turned into compost is wasted.

You can keep your garden clean and tidy and help us to recycle garden waste by using the green sack collection service.

The sacks are currently available for free. When you have filled a minimum of 3 or a maximum of 12 green sacks you can arrange a collection by contacting the helpline number printed on the bag or fill in the form at the bottom of this page.

The green waste is then taken to one of several composting facilities in the city.

Please note:
•  We can only collect sacks printed with the Veolia Environmental Services and Sheffield City Council logo's
•  We can only collect sacks that are placed at the front boundary of your property

Green sacks are available from the locations listed below. For further information about this service please call the Veolia Environmental Services Helpline on 0845 355 5515 or contact us.

What can go in my green sack?

The following items of green waste can go in the green sacks:
Leaves, hedge and plant clippings, twigs, small branches, prunings, grass mowings, weeds and cut flowers.

Please help us to recycle as much green waste as possible by only putting the items listed above in the green sacks. Any other items put in the green sacks will not be recycled and the sacks will not be taken.

The following items of waste cannot go in the green sacks:
Food or kitchen waste, stones, rubble, soil and Japanese knotweed, dog, rabbit, cat or small animal waste, disposable nappies, plastics including carrier bags, bin liners and plastic packaging.

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