All household recycling centres accept garden waste for composting. It is taken to a local composting facility where it is recycled to make compost, soil improvers and mulches. Bags of the resulting composts can be bought at most centres. Larger quantities are also available in bulk from the producers.

For more information about how to deal with food and garden waste at home, visit our food and garden waste solutions page.

Garden waste can also be collected from your house by us. There may be a charge payable for this service. To find out if there is a scheme in your area please follow the relevant link below:

• Composting

  Composting your organic kitchen and garden waste is probably the single most effective thing you can personally do to reduce the amount of rubbish you throw away. Up to 30% of what goes into an average dustbin can be composted down to make a useful soil improver.

• Garden waste in Christchurch

  In its first year, the new garden waste scheme has diverted over 900 tonnes of garden waste away from landfill.

• Garden waste in East Dorset

  Wherever possible, please compost your garden waste at home.

• Garden Waste in North Dorset

  We collect garden waste, but it needs to have our garden waste sticker on it.

• Garden waste and composting - Purbeck

  Find out information on recycling garden waste in Purbeck.

• Garden waste in West Dorset

  We collect garden waste, but it needs to be in an official council garden waste bag.

• Garden waste in Weymouth and Portland

  Garden waste is not accepted in the green wheelie bin for household residual waste or the brown bin for weekly food waste and cardboard.

• Water butts

  Discounted water butts are available to help you harvest rainwater for use in your home and garden.