Please help us to reduce costs by making sure your garden waste is free from rubbish before dumping it at either of our transfer stations (Southbrook Transfer Station or Oxford Transfer Station).

Greenwaste at Southbrook Transfer Station

The below lists have been supplied by Envirocomp Ltd, where we take greenwaste from Southbrook Transfer Station for composting. Please note, THIS LIST IS INTENDED AS A GUIDE ONLY.

Material Acceptable for Composting

• Tree and shrub prunings up to 100mm thickness, and any length
• Leaves
• Any green vegetative material, ie, perennials, vegetable plants, annuals, fruits, etc
• Pea straw, clean hay, straw
• Grass clippings (but preferably not from lawns that have recently been sprayed with 'Versatil' or similar sprays, as these contaminate the compost).

Material NOT Acceptable for Composting

• Bamboo
• Flax and flax flower stalks
• Palm fronds
• Gorse in seed
• Cabbage tree leaves
• Complete loads of weeds with roots heavily contaminated with soil
• Soil and compost heaps
• Stones
• Plastic, glass, metal objects
• Material with baling twine/string mixed through it
• Oxalis and listed noxious weeds
• Mixed loads of rubbish and garden waste that cannot be sorted
• Newspaper (clean newspapers can be recycled)
• Animal manure.

Greenwaste at Oxford Transfer Station

At Oxford Transfer Station we accept separated tree and shrub prunings up to 100mm diameter at a reduced charge. These get shredded on site, and the mulch is made available for local community projects. Sorry, we will not take grass clippings, weeds or green vegetative materials, nor any of the other unacceptable materials listed above, at the reduced charge.

If you have any material that you think may be suitable for composting, or would like further information, please contact us on (03) 311 8900.

Please refer to the Oxford Transfer Station or the Southbrook Transfer Station for details on charges.