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Reminder for last garden waste collections of the year: Brown bins

20 Nov 2023

Reminder for last garden waste collections of the year

With over four million brown bins emptied each year from over 218,000 households, Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service in the UK.

However, brown bin collections are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after Saturday 2 December, meaning most households will have their last collection in late November.

Bin collections/waste services

Young people across Leeds urged to get involved with the big recycling hunt, part of Recycle Week 2023: Recycle Week Lord Mayor Garthwaite with Declan Nortcliffe Operations Director at HW Martin with some commonly recycled items (002)

18 Oct 2023

Young people across Leeds urged to get involved with the big recycling hunt, part of Recycle Week 2023

This recycle week, Leeds City Council and Recycle Now are launching a fun mission for primary school children with the arrival of the big recycling hunt.

Bin collections/waste services

Leeds City Council Logo

03 Aug 2023

Council awarded funding to tackle the sticky issue of chewing gum on Leeds's streets

Leeds City Council is collaborating with Keep Britain Tidy to trial approaches to remove chewing gum, that blights busy city centre streets, after successfully bidding for a £24,994.50 chewing gum task force grant.

Bin collections/waste services

Leeds City Council Logo

20 Jul 2023

Council’s reuse partners named in top 100 UK social enterprises

Leeds City Council’s two main reuse partners, Revive Leeds and Seagulls Reuse, have been named among the top 100 social enterprises in the UK, in this year’s NatWest SE100 Index.

Bin collections/waste services

‘Leeds Goes Purple’ makes an impact in the fight against litter: LGP 2023 - Beeston Womblers South Leeds (002)

03 Apr 2023

‘Leeds Goes Purple’ makes an impact in the fight against litter

Press release issued in partnership with Litter Free Leeds

Bin collections/waste services

Council continues wheelie bin crackdown in support of communities: 20211005 100354 (003)

28 Feb 2023

Council continues wheelie bin crackdown in support of communities

Following successful prosecutions in Leeds Magistrates Court, several households in the Nowells and Bellbrookes area of Burmantofts have been hit with £7910.40 in fines and costs

Bin collections/waste services

Leeds City Council Logo

02 Dec 2022

Festive waste and recycling collection arrangements announced for Leeds

With over a thousand tonnes of extra black and green bin waste expected to be produced and over a million bins to be emptied across Leeds during the festive period, the council’s refuse service will be doing all it can to ensure bin collections continue to run smoothly.

Bin collections/waste services Climate change

Reminder for last garden waste collections of the year: Brown bins

17 Nov 2022

Reminder for last garden waste collections of the year

With over four million brown bins emptied each year from over 215,000 households, Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service in the UK.

However, brown bin collections are going into their annual winter hibernation after Saturday 3 December, meaning most households will have their last collection in late November.

Bin collections/waste services

Keen recyclers invited to lead the way by becoming online #Binfluencers: What can households do to recycle more chart (003)

18 Oct 2022

Keen recyclers invited to lead the way by becoming online #Binfluencers

Residents across Leeds are being invited to lead the way and become #Binfluencers by helping make sure more recyclable material ends up in green bins across the city.

Environmental Services Bin collections/waste services Climate change