Missed Bins - Friday 5 December
All Round A Blue / Brown bins were collected today. All Green/Grey bins were collected from Round B streets. All food waste bins were collected.
Household waste and recycling
Garden waste collections
Sign-up for brown bin collections – 2025/26
Service update: we are no longer taking any new subscriptions for the 2024/25 subscription period. We are not taking any more subscriptions for our Garden Waste collection service as the current subscription period for 2025/26 is due to expiry shortly.
We plan to begin taking subscriptions for the next subscription period in February 2026. For further information please look to revisit this page in the new year.
When your 2025/26 subscription ends
To keep receiving brown bin collections after 31 March 2026, you'll be required to renew your subscription. You must renew the subscription each year if you would like it to continue receiving garden waste collections from Thurrock Council.
This web page will always tell you when the subscription period will start and end each year.
Whether you sign-up at the start of the year or midway through the year:
- the start date and end date of the subscription period are the same for everyone
- you must pay the full amount of the subscription charge upfront
To receive garden waste collections uninterrupted while making sure you get the most value from an annual subscription, it's best to sign-up before the subscription period begins.
How the service works
When you subscribe and we receive your payment, we'll send a permit sticker and instructions to the household property. These will be delivered within 10 working days. The sticker must be stuck to the brown bin as shown in the instructions.
Each permit sticker is unique and valid only at the property to which it is sent.
We will only collect brown bins that show a valid permit sticker for the property.
If we're unable to collect brown bins in your street on the expected day, we'll return for them on the next working day. If your usual day is a Friday, we'll normally return on the next Monday – 3 days later – even if it's after the final week of the subscription period or during a seasonal pause.
Managing your subscription
After you have subscribed, you can use the form below to manage your garden waste subscription. Find out how to request a replacement permit, transfer a subscription to another property within the borough or how to cancel a subscription/request a refund.
Manage my garden waste subscription
Garden Waste Subscription Service Terms and Conditions
If you choose not to have brown bin collections
If you don't sign-up to our garden waste subscription service, there are other ways you can recycle or dispose of your garden waste. For example:
- home composting – use a composting bin to turn garden waste into valuable nutrient-rich food for your plants
- Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) – dispose of garden waste at the HWRC, limiting your number of car journeys by saving it up or sharing trips with neighbours
Your brown bin can be:
- kept for your own use – for example, as storage
- taken to the HWRC where it can be recycled
- collected by us
If you no longer want your brown bin and cannot travel to the HWRC, you can use the form below to ask that we remove it from your property.