Millions of tonnes of garden waste, including grass cuttings, prunings and leaves, are sent to UK landfill sites every year – the equivalent to filling the Royal Albert Hall with grass, twigs and leaves more than 70 times over.

All this can be recycled into compost, which helps make gardens even greener.

How Is It Recycled?

There are two ways of looking at how to recycle garden waste...

Made From Recycled Garden Waste

What are the end uses for garden waste

More Information

Useful links to garden waste information on the web

Problems/Issues

The main issue with recycling garden waste is that not enough of us are doing it.

The Different Types

Garden waste covers pretty much anything that falls, dies or that you cut down in your garden

Bigger Picture

How does recycling garden waste affect the environment?

Peat-free compost

How does Peat-free compost help?