Subscriptions now open for the 2026/27 West Northants garden waste service

13 March 2026

Residents across West Northamptonshire can now sign up for the optional, paid‑for garden waste collections that start from 1 April.

The annual subscription for the 2026/27 fortnightly service is £69 per bin. Once you have subscribed, we will send you your new 2026/27 garden waste permit.

You can sign up for garden waste collections through our garden waste subscriptions page. Payments can also be set up by yearly direct debit to automatically renew in future. Answers to common questions about the service can also be found on the page.

If you do not want to subscribe, you can book an appointment to take your garden waste to any West Northamptonshire Council household waste recycling centre, which remains free of charge. These sites are open seven days a week, from 10am to 4pm.

Home composting is also an option. There is plenty of information available on the Royal Horticultural Society website, and our dedicated home composting webpage. We will be focusing on this more during Compost Awareness Week from Sunday 3 May to Saturday 9 May.

Cllr Nigel Stansfield, Cabinet Member for Environment, Recycling and Waste, said:

“Subscriptions for the 2026/27 garden waste service are now open, and we’re encouraging residents to sign up early to ensure they get value for money and maximise the number of collections they receive.

We’ve worked hard to keep the service as affordable as possible during a very challenging budget-setting process, and thanks to the feedback we received during consultation, the final charge is lower than originally proposed.

This remains an optional service so that only those who use it contribute to its cost.”

More information can be found on our garden waste subscriptions page.