Recycling Collection Service
The Council provides a fortnightly recycling
collection service for paper (for those residents not yet on the
new recycling collection service) and garden waste for every
home in the borough.
Paper
The council provides black boxes to put out
paper for collection and recycling.
Garden Waste
Garden Waste will only be collected if
presented in a garden waste wheelie bin or
Maidstone Borough Council green garden waste
sacks.
Please note: Animal waste from
small vegetarian animals such as rabbits, hamsters etc, can only be
collceted in garden waste wheeled bins, not green garden sacks as
these have to split manually before emptying.
Yes Please
Grass Cuttings
Leaves and small Branches
Flowers and Plants
Hedge Prunnings
No Thanks
Kitchen Scraps
Earth
Stones
Plant Pots/Trays
You can recycle your garden waste by hiring a
garden waste wheelie bin (£25 for a year - please ring 01622
602162 to order) or purchase Maidstone Borough Council green garden
waste sacks (£2.25 for 5) from council receptions, Express
Dairies Milkmen and the following retailers:
Allington
Doremada Florist, Unit 18 Mid Kent Shopping Centre
Post Office, Hildenborough Crescent
Barming
Costcutters, 1-2 Marlborough Parade
Madon & Sons, 15/16 Bull Orchard
Payless Stores, Queens Road
Spa Stores, 4-6 Upper Fant Road
Bearsted
Bearsted News, 141 Ashford Road
Taylors Newsagent, 4 The Parade, Bearsed Green
Potted Garden Nursery, Ashford Road
Bearsted Parish Council , Madginford Hall, Egremount Road
Bredhurst
Bredhurst Parish Council, Bredhurst
Chart Sutton
Chart Sutton Post Office, Chart Corner
Pleasant View Garden Centre, Plough Wents Road
Coxheath
A&E Mowbrey, 8 Elmfield Crescent
Fareways (Londis), Heath Road
Detling
Detling Post Office, The Street, Detling
Downswood
Spires Newsagent, 2-3 Spires Centre, Derringwood Drive
Grafty Green
Post Office & Stores, Lenham Road
Grove Green
Newsrack, 6 Grove Green Centre
Harrietsham
Harrietsham Stores, 70/72 West Street
Headcorn
Post Offce & Stores, 28 High Street
Hollingbourne
Christopher's, 50-52 Eyhorne Street
Hollingbourne Parish Council, 1 Eyhorne Green Cottages, Muskett
Lane
Kingswood
Avenue Stores, 29 Charlesford Avenue
Leeds
Post Office & Stores, Upper Street
Lenham
McColls, 57-58 Honeywood Road, Lenham
Loose
Loose Post Office, Old Loose Hill
Maidstone
Allen Street Post Office, Allen Street
Mini Market,80 Boxley Road, Maidstone
Foley Park News, 1 Hatherall Road
Kingsley Post Office, 118 Kingsley Road
Maidstone Borough Council (temporary reception: The Mall
Chequers Shopping centre, King Street)
Sejal's, West Park Road
Manak Supermarket, 70-72 Hartnup Street
Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall, High Street
Premier Stores, 97A Tonbridge Road
Betty News, 197 Upper Fant Road
Wheeler Wines, 108 Wheeler Street
Capital Express, 11 Snowdon Parade, Snowdon Avenue, Vinters
Park
Mangravet
Mangravet Post Office, 4 Mangravet Avenue
Marden
Crowhurst & Thompsett, High Street, Marden
Stanleys of Marden, Albion Road, Marden,
Parkwood
Express Dairies, Coldred Road
Parkwood News, 16 Parkwood Parade
Penenden Heath
Post Office & Stores, Penenden Heath
Ringlestone
Ringlestone Post Office, 81 Chatham Road
Senacre
Mace, 11-12 Senacre Square
Shepway
Homeflair, 3 Northumberland Court, Northumberland Road
Staplehurst
Henhurst Farm Shop, Pinnock Lane
Spuds & Buds, High Street
Staplehurst Parish Council, Village Centre
Stockbury
MB Farms
Parsonage Lane, The Street
Stockbury, Sittingbourne
Sutton Valance
The Post Office, Broad Street
Teston
Post Office & Stores, Church Street
Tovil
The Post Office, 4-6 Church Street
Walderslade
Boxley Parish Council, Beechen Hall, Wildfell Close
Yalding
The General Store, High Street
Costcutter, Benover Road
What happens to my garden waste?
All of the garden waste collected in the borough is
composted at a large commercial facility.
You can then buy the compost from your local Household Waste
Recycling Centre in Tovil, Maidstone (£2.50 for a 40 litre
bag).
How else can I get rid of my garden waste?
By using our Weekend Freighter Service, Bulky Collection
Service or by taking it to your Household Waste Recycling Centre in
Tovil. Or try home composting.
Why do I have to pay for the sacks/bin hire?
- The Council has a legal duty under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 to collect household waste from
all domestic properties within the Borough. (The Environmental
Protection Act 1990, Section 45(1)).
- But there are types of household waste for
which a charge for collection may be made and garden waste is one
of those (The Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988,
Regulation 5).
- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 defines
'household waste' as waste from: 'a domestic property, that is to
say, a building or self contained part of a building which is used
for the purposes of living accommodation.'
- Maidstone Borough Council decided the fairest
method would be to charge only those who used the service
via Maidstone Borough Council green garden waste sacks.
- When residents buy Maidstone Borough Council
green garden waste sacks they pay for the collection and disposal
of garden waste and not composting.
- This way residents pay directly for
a garden waste collection based on usage of the service,
rather than a standard charge through the council tax payable by
everyone whether they use the service or not.