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Garden Waste Collections will return to normal service from Monday 15th February 2010. Please refer to your recycling calendar for your day of collection.
Due to the recent severe weather, Christmas tree collections were postponed. Residents can put their real Christmas tree out for collection from Monday February 15 or take it to the nearest Household Waste Recycling Garden waste collections
Many properties in the borough can now have their garden waste collected and recycled.
Every two weeks, on the same day that the black wheelie bin is emptied, special collection vehicles will empty the green bin. The team can take:
- plants and flowers
- twigs and branches
- grass cuttings
- leaves and weeds
- corrugated clean brown cardboard (NOT food packaging)
We cannot take: plastic bags, bin liners, plant pots, rubble, timber, food waste, nappies, paper, cereal packets, pizza boxes or other forms of card.
Please ensure that you do not contaminate the green waste because the materials collected by the team are used as a soil enhancer on a local farm.
Green waste can also be taken to the council's household waste recycling centres at Kirkless in Higher Ince, Chanters in Atherton, Frog Lane in Wigan and Slag Lane in Leigh.
The council's household waste recycling centres at Kirkless in Higher Ince, Slag Lane in Leigh, Frog Lane in Wigan and Chanters in Atherton also accept residents' domestic garden waste.
Thank you for supporting recycling in Wigan Borough.
