Yahoo Lifestyle South Hams garden waste service sign up opens
South Hams residents can now sign up to or renew their subscription for the local garden waste collection service.
Anyone living in the district can now sign up for a garden waste subscription for 2025/26.
Each household can have a maximum of two subscriptions with subscribers able to put grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, cut flowers and plants, small branches, weeds, leaves, twigs, windfall fruit and vase flowers in the brown bins.
The price for the year-long subscription has risen from last year, something the council said was to continue to cover the cost of waste services.
If residents sign up before 31 March, they will pay a lower "early bird" fee of £65 for a year-long subscription running from 1 April that covers collections for one brown wheelie bin.
However, if residents sign up after the "early bird" period, the service will cost £68.
'Value for money'
Councillor Jacqi Hodgson, executive member for waste, said: "The quality of service for residents has been high, with reliable collections and real convenience for those who sign up.
"Compared to what private companies charge for collections, the annual fee represents very good value for money.
"The £65 early bird fee works out at around £1.25 a week, which is great value for a service which saves on trips to the recycling centre, is good value and well worth considering if you have a garden."
South Hams District Council said the quickest and easiest way to sign up was on its website.
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