How can kitchen and garden waste be recycled

You can put a small amount of cut flowers in your food waste collection but it needs to be in a compostable bag or wrapped in newspaper. Sorry, no.

We can't accept grass cuttings or other green garden waste in your food waste collection. If you have green garden waste you need to dispose of, why not try home composting? It is one of the most cost-effective and easy ways to reduce the amount of waste you produce, and it creates a free supply of rich, nutritious compost for your garden. Alternatively, you could use one of our seasonal green garden waste sites at locations across the borough, our reuse and recycling centres at Waldo Road, Bromley and Churchfields Road, Beckenham or our green garden waste collection service.

You are here: Home Community and living Recycling, rubbish and waste Household waste and recycling Household waste and recycling collections. Household waste and recycling collections Food waste recycling collection Every week we will collect your food waste which could include: Fruit, vegetables and peelings Meat, fish and bones Cooked and uncooked food Plate scrapings Leftover food Bread, pasta, cereal and rice Tea bags and coffee grounds Dairy products and eggshells Cut flowers placed in a compostable bag or newspaper Please don't put these in your food waste container: Plastic-film and food wrappings including plastic or biodegradable bags Disposable nappies and incontinence pads please double-bag and place in refuse Pet waste please double-bag and place in refuse Any other household waste More information about what you can recycle in your collection.

You can also find useful information on composting on the Recycle Now website. Each week you can put out up to five bags of garden waste in sturdy refuse sacks for collection along with ordinary household rubbish. These don't have to be specially marked. Bags must contain only green waste or garden waste and the bags must be liftable by waste collection crews we can't collect bags of soil or heavy materials as part of your scheduled collection.

Any bags which are too heavy will not be collected. If you have large items that are too big to compost such as tree prunings , or more than five sacks of garden waste, or bags of soil, or heavy garden materials, you will need to either book a bulky waste collection for which there is a small charge, or you can take them to the tip.

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You can recycle food scraps in your green waste bin - the same bin you use for grass clippings and garden prunings. Things like fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and bones, coffee grounds, eggs and dairy, bread, rice, pasta and paper towels can be recycled.

There is no additional cost to recycle food scraps in your green waste bin and no changes to when your bins will be collected.