The latest sure sign that spring has arrived comes with the announcement that brown bin collections in Leeds will restart next week.
Alongside visible signs of the change of season such as daffodils appearing in bloom at the roadside, the annual resumption of garden waste collections in the city after their winter hiatus will encourage all those in Leeds with green fingers to begin venturing out into their gardens once again.
For all Leeds residents who receive a brown bin garden waste collection the fortnightly service will restart from Monday (24 March 2025). All collection dates by property can be seen at www.leeds.gov.uk/mybinday while reminders can also be sent directly to smartphones by downloading the popular Leeds Bins app.
Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service by any council in the UK, annually collecting more than 31,000 tonnes of garden waste from 220,000 households across the city. All garden waste collected by the council is composted locally and used in farming, horticulture and local land restoration projects.
As a reminder Leeds City Council, unlike other local authorities, does not charge households to receive a garden waste collections service. It is there to assist households in managing their garden waste and to reduce the amount of such waste that was historically going in the black bin, rather than accommodating all garden waste produced by all sizes of gardens.
Larger amounts of garden waste produced by bigger gardens or any excess garden waste can be taken for free to any of the council’s eight household waste and recycling centres, including Holmewell Road Middleton (behind Asda). These are all open all year round, seven days a week. Details for these can be seen at www.leeds.gov.uk/recycling.
Those with gardens or greenspace are also encouraged to consider other environmentally beneficial ways to use or dispose of garden waste. These include leaving grass cuttings on lawns, reusing garden waste by composting or creating piles for insects, birds and other local wildlife, which will help both the eco-system and the garden itself.
For those interested in starting to home compost to help the environment, hints, tips and specially-discounted composters are available via www.leeds.gov.uk/composting.
Leeds City Council’s executive member for climate, energy, environment and green space, Councillor Mohammed Rafique said:
“With signs of the weather now slowly warming up and visible evidence of new life and spring appearing in fields and green spaces around the city, we are pleased to be restarting the brown bin garden waste collections service again.
“We are very proud of being able to continue to offer the largest garden waste collection service of any council in the UK at no charge, and would encourage everyone to do their bit by thinking about what they can do to help the environment in their own garden or green space or wider local community.”
This post is based on a press release issued by Leeds City Council
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