Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge residents can sign up now to Sedgemoor District Council’s garden waste collection service.
At a cost of £55.40, those joining the garden waste scheme will receive 25 collections a year.
The scheme encourages residents to recycle their garden waste.
Spokeswoman Claire Faun said: “With the lighter evenings, gardeners are no doubt planning their gardening year ahead and itching to get out into their gardens. Garden Waste collection is a service on offer in Sedgemoor that could be ‘blooming’ useful.”
“You get a roomy wheeled bin that is easy to fill as you walk it around your garden, saving time and energy going back and forth.”
“The bin holds your garden waste neatly in a corner; no more messy piles of rubbish blowing in the wind. You wheel your bin outside for the fortnightly collection, then sit back and smell the roses instead of using fuel and time going to the recycling centre.”
“We collect flowers, plants, grass cuttings, leaves, hedge trimmings, almost all weeds, and even branches up to four inches across, and compost them in Somerset.”
Customers signing up have the option of receiving a green wheelie bin for their garden waste or garden waste sacks at a cost of £27.40 for 10 bags.
Letters are now being sent to more than 10,000 current customers inviting them to renew their subscriptions, which start in April. Customers considering joining up can call 0300 303 7800 to order and pay.
Alongside a garden waste collection, home composting is a great way to turn your clippings and pruning’s, plus fruit and vegetable peelings and even shredded cardboard, into free soil conditioner. Low-cost compost bins can be purchased through Somerset Waste Partnership at www.somersetwaste.gov.uk
