During the summer months, Lewisham residents can take garden waste free to four locations around Lewisham. Throughout the year, gardeners can take waste to the tip, do their own composting or arrange for the Council to pick up their waste.
Free weekend garden waste recycling
From 20 March until 28 November 2010, residents can dispose of their garden waste at four sites in different parts of the borough. The four locations, open to residents from 9am to 12noon on Saturdays and Sundays, are:
- Riddons Road junction with Mayeswood Road, Grove Park
- Girton Road Car Park, Sydenham
- Kitto Road, outside Orange Café, Telegraph Hill
- Laurence House Car Park, Catford
You can also get rid of your garden waste seven days a week at the re-use and recycling centre at Landmann Way, New Cross.
How to use the service
Please bring your garden waste in plastic or reusable bags. Flowers and plants, grass clippings, hedge trimmings, leaves, and twigs and branches up to four inches in diameter will all be accepted.
We cannot accept kitchen waste, vegetable peelings, soil, turf, stones or Japanese knotweed. No trade waste or trailers, vans or open back vehicles will be allowed.
The service is free, but residents should bring along proof of address and ID.
Buy garden waste sacks
Call CallPoint on 020 8314 7171 or collect them from your local library. The sacks come in rolls of 10 and cost £10 per roll (cash payments only).
The charge covers the costs of collection and transporting the waste to a compost site. Once one or more bags are full, contact CallPoint to arrange a collection.
Do your own composting
Try composting your garden waste (and loose shredded paper) at home, using a low-cost compost bin.
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