Hartlepool Council confirms details of 2026 brown bin collection

The council’s 2026 garden waste subscription service is now open, with brown bin collections set to run from Tuesday, April 7, to November 13.

The annual fee is £41 for one bin, with up to three additional bins available at £27 each, plus the cost of the extra bins.

Residents who subscribe by Monday, March 23, will receive eight collections in total.

Councillor Owen Riddle, Chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Neighbourhoods and Regulatory Services Committee, said: “I’d like to thank the thousands of residents who have signed up annually for this service since it was launched.

“As a local authority, we are committed to increasing our recycling rates, so we would encourage even more people to support us by subscribing as soon as possible.”

Residents signing up after March 23 will receive fewer collections but will still pay the full fee.

Cllr Riddle said: “Last year, just over 13,000 households subscribed and 1,831 tonnes of garden waste was collected and taken to be composted at a local facility.”

Only loose, compostable garden waste should be placed in brown bins, the council say, and garden waste should not be placed in plastic bags or other packaging, as this affects the composting process.

Non-subscribers can continue to use the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) on Burn Road free of charge, although a booking system is being reintroduced.

The council says brown bin collections remain the most convenient option for regular garden waste disposal.

For more information or to subscribe, visit hartlepool.gov.uk and navigate to the garden waste subscription service.