Green waste collections are a
FREE service for residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf. You need to register for this service.
How it works
You need to register to start receiving collections.
Green Waste collections are free and collected from your kerbside. We send your natural garden and plant waste off to be composted, saving you from taking it to the tip.
Within 2 weeks of registering, you will receive two free green waste sacks and any extra sacks you have ordered. You can order more green waste sacks for £3.20 each when you register or at a later date.
Green waste sacks are registered to an address, not a person. If you move, you should leave any sacks at the address they were originally ordered to.
Collections work on a summer and winter collection schedule.
Green Waste can also be taken to your local community recycling centre (the tip).
To put green waste sacks out for collection:
- Register for collections
- Label your sacks with your house name or number
- Check your green waste collection day in the summer
- Book a winter green waste collection in the winter
- Put only green waste in your RCT green waste sacks
- Do not use black, clear recycling bags or any other sacks not provided by us
- Do not over fill your sacks, all waste should be within the sacks
- Put out as many sacks as you need each collection day
- Cross the sack handles
- Place your sacks at your usual collection point by 7am on your collection day
Register for collections
Register your address to receive green waste collections and sacks.
Within 2 weeks of registering, you will receive two free green waste sacks and any extra sacks you have ordered. You can order more green waste sacks for £3.20 each when you register or at a later date.
Green waste sacks are registered to an address, not a person. If you move, you should leave any sacks at the address they were originally ordered to. If sacks have not been left, report the missing sacks
Register for Green Waste sack Collections
Summer and Winter Collections
Green waste collections work on a Summer and Winter collection schedule.
Summer Collections
Summer Green Waste runs from 16th March 2026 to 14th November 2026. Collections will happen automatically on your usual bin collection day.
Winter Collections
Winter Green Waste runs from 23rd November 2026 to 16th March 2027. During this time, you need to book each collection.
Winter Green Waste Collections are closed until 9th November 2026
What can and cannot go in your sacks
Yes:
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge trimmings
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Flower root balls
- Sawdust
- Bedding for small hutch animals
No:
- Food waste
- General waste
- Soil, mud or clay blocks
- Rubble
- Invasive plants (e.g. knotweed)
- Wood, branches or logs
- Garden ornaments and toys
We will not collect your sacks if they contain the wrong waste.
Items that cannot be recycled in your green waste may be disposed of at your Community Recycling Centre (the tip).
Order more sacks
If you have registered you can buy extra sacks for £3.20 each. Each sack holds 90 litres (45cm x 45cm x 45cm). That is the equivalent volume of two and a half clear recycling bags.
Buy Extra green waste sacks
Reporting a missed collection
If you have registered and your green waste sacks have not been collected within 24 hours of your scheduled collection, you can report a missed collection online.
Report a missed green waste collection
Report a lost, damaged or stolen sack
If you have registered and your green waste sack is lost, damaged or stolen you can report this online.
We do not accept responsibility for wear and tear.
Report lost, damaged or stolen sacks
Cancel your collections
Residents can cancel green waste collections online. Your sacks will be removed at your next scheduled collection. Additional sacks ordered are not refundable.
Cancel your green Waste Collections