Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

• I compost all of my garden waste - do I still have to have a green wheeled bin?
• I already have a home composter, so why should I put garden waste in my green wheeled bin?

I compost all of my garden waste - do I still have to have a green wheeled bin?

We do not want to discourage you from home composting as this is the most sustainable way of dealing with green waste. If you have absolutely no use for a green wheeled bin then you do not have to use one, but please consider the cardboard that you might wish to dispose of and also do not forget you can use your green wheeled bin for the more awkward woody materials. However, you will still only get your black wheeled bin emptied every other week, but your green recycling box will be emptied every week.

I already have a home composter, so why should I put garden waste in my green wheeled bin?

Don’t! Home composting is by far the best answer. It means that the garden waste does not need transporting and the goodness is returned to your garden. Use your composter whenever you can and just put the more awkward woody materials and cardboard in your green wheeled bin.