Haul-away and bin drop

Both cost the same, because the work is identical up to the moment the bag either goes in our vehicle or your can. The decision is about your household rather than about price.

Bin drop suits people whose collection day falls conveniently and who have can capacity to spare. Haul-away suits small cans, shared bins, long gaps between collections, and anyone who simply does not want it sitting there through a hot week.

Compostable bags only compost in industrial conditions that a household compost heap does not reach, and a landfill does not reach either. In a landfill they behave much like a conventional bag.

We are not going to tell you they solve a problem they do not solve. We double bag because thin bags split, which is a practical decision about the bag holding together between your yard and its destination rather than an environmental claim.

This is a decision you make once and we follow it forever, and it is written on the ticket rather than left to whoever is on the route that day. Haul-away means the bagged waste leaves in our vehicle and is disposed of off your property. Bin drop means it goes into your can, double bagged, positioned so it does not end up at the bottom under a week of household rubbish. What never happens either way is a bag left beside the can, or on the patio, with the job marked complete.

• Waste double bagged so nothing bursts Read the full standard: Waste double bagged so nothing bursts›
• Your choice recorded on the ticket permanently
• Nothing is ever left at the curb or beside the can
• Bin day timing considered on bin drop routes