Brown bins

Please note: if you have already subscribed to our brown waste subscription, your sticker pack in on it’s way!

 Packs can take 3-4 weeks to be delivered, but are often delivered sooner.

Find out when your next collection is here: My Bins – Blackburn with Darwen Council

Your brown bin is for grass, weeds, clippings, plants, branches and animal bedding.

Easily dispose of your garden waste from just £45 per year.

Subscribe and we’ll deliver you a large brown garden waste bin – if you don’t already have one.

We’ll collect it every fortnight from March through to December.

 

Sign-up for your garden waste bin here 

 

 

What can go in your brown bin?

  • animal bedding
  • branches
  • Christmas trees
  • grass cuttings
  • hay
  • hedge clippings
  • leaves
  • plants (not in pots)
  • straw
  • twigs
  • weeds

What cannot go in your brown bin?

  • artificial Christmas trees
  • food waste
  • household rubbish
  • plastic bags
  • plant pots
  • rubble
  • soil
  • stones