GARDEN waste collections will stop for Shropshire locals if they do not subscribe to Shropshire Council's garden waste service.

A 12-month subscription costs £56 per garden waste bin and will cover the period October 1 to September 30, with collections to stop from October 1 for anyone that has not subscribed by this date.

A payment window is open until March 31, 2025. To subscribe and for more information about the services, visit the Shropshire Council website at www.shropshire.gov.uk/gardenwaste.

Those who subscribe to the service will be sent a special sticker to attach to their garden bin, to show collection crews which bins to empty.

From October 1 food waste collections will be suspended as councils cannot charge for this service. Subscribers to the garden waste service will no longer be able to put food waste in their garden bin.

All councils in England must introduce a weekly food waste collections to all properties from 2026 and Shropshire Council will introduce a new food waste collection service to all households from that date.

Ian Nellins, Shropshire Council’s deputy leader and Cabinet member with responsibility for waste management, said: “As we’ve said before, Shropshire Council is facing unprecedented financial pressure. We must make significant savings and our plans include difficult decisions. 

“An annual green waste subscription charge of £56 is in line with our neighbouring councils and will help us to make the required savings.”

People that don’t subscribe are asked not to put garden waste in their general waste bin, as this is taken to the council’s energy recovery facility which can’t accept garden waste. General waste bins containing garden waste won’t be emptied.