Important service information
How you subscribe to or renew your garden waste subscription has changed. It is now through our Waste and Recycling Portal.
We advise you to check our Video guide to Garden Waste subscriptions. There are some Waste and Recyclling Portal guidance you can check too.
Learn about garden waste collection services, purchase a green bin, or subscribe to have your garden waste collected.
Garden waste collection details and costs
- Garden waste collection is available by annual subscription only. It costs £55 per year which includes 25 collections which are every two weeks. There are no collections over the two week Christmas period.
- If you wish to buy a garden waste collection subscription but do not have a Slough Borough Council issued green bin for your premises, you will need to buy a green bin. A green bin costs £49.
- There is a 50% discount on subscription where the sole occupiers of the property are in receipt of pension credit.
- New and existing subscriptions are treated as an annual subscription based on the date the subscription is taken out. For example, if you subscribed on 20 May of this year, your subscription would end a calendar year later on 19 May of next year.
Please do check the Garden waste collection - terms and conditions.
Support guides
As the portal is new, we advise you to check our Video guide to Garden Waste subscriptions. There are some Waste and Recyclling Portal guidance you can check too.
Buy through the Waste and Recycling Portal
Please note, you need the same number of garden waste collection subscriptions as the number of green garden bins you want collected. For example, you will need two subscriptions for two green garden waste bins to be collected.
Through the Waste and Recycling Portal you can buy either:
- a garden waste collection subscription only, or
- a subscription with a green waste bin as well.
If you are already paying for a garden waste collection subscription and need a replacement green bin then you need to purchase a bin for £49. Your garden waste collection subscription fee does not cover the cost of a bin. Please use the Order a new or replacement bin form.
Need more subscriptions and bins
You can buy up to four green garden bins and four subscriptions. These extra subscriptions can be purchased any time through the Waste and Recycling portal. You don't need to wait for any current subscriptions to expire.
Subscribe to the garden waste collection service
On collection day
On your green garden waste bin collection day, please:
- present your bin by 6am
- place your bin by the pavement so it is visible but not an obstruction to pedestrians or cars
- make sure the handles of the bins are towards the road and your house number marked on your bin is visible
- your bin lid is closed.
Renewal
You will receive a renewal notice email before the subscription expires. We advise you to buy your next subscription no later than 14 days before your current subscription expires. This will ensure continuous service.
Chalvey Household and Recycling Centre takes garden waste
Our Chalvey Household Waste and Recycling Centre continues to take garden waste free of charge. Our residents are welcome to use this service.