Green-fingered Mansfield residents urged to sign up for brown bin collections

The authority’s fortnightly, £30-a-year brown bin collections run between March-November, and once during December, and residents can sign up for an annual direct debit payment via www.mansfield.gov.uk/gardenwaste.

Items which can be put into the bins to recycle include grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, leaves, small branches and twigs, plants, weeds and cut flowers – but not food and kitchen waste, garden furniture, treated wood, soil, bricks or rocks, large logs and building waste.

The council has written to existing customers who have previously paid with a one-off card payment or using a barcode at a Post Office or PayPoint giving them further instructions on how to renew.

Coun Andy Burgin, portfolio Holder for the environment, said: "With the service staying the same price as last year, this service remains excellent value for money.

"Gardening is a really great way to wind down from the stresses and strains of life and for many, the pandemic lockdowns have been given them the perfect opportunity to discover how much growing your own fruit and veg is food for both body and soul."

Householders with extra garden waste to dispose of can buy up to three additional bins for £15.50 each per year.

The council can provide 240-litre or smaller 120-litre garden waste bins. Both sizes cost the same.

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