Waste & Recycling Services

South Hams District Council Dustbin Collection

Dustbins are generally emptied on Fridays in Avonwick and Wednesdays in North Huish, unless there is a public holiday in the week of collection.

Garden waste - the brown bins - are longer collected free of charge. A new fortnightly subscription service (Thursdays) is charged at £52 - £55 per year. Click here for details.

Full details and guidance about what you can and should not put into the boxes, bag and wheelie bins can be found on the South Hams District Council website: Waste and Recycling

Community Compost Centre in South Brent

The Community Compost site, at the old Highways depot on Exeter Road (otherwise known as the Marsh), will accept bulky garden waste and produce compost for local collection and use.

What they can accept:

• Soft Green waste material you can cut with mower or clippers
• Twiggy brushwood material that can be cut with loppers, saw or power tools
• Large branches material that came from a plant larger than you!

They can't accept:

• stumps
• vines
• bamboo
• Japanese knotweed
• or any other materials whatsoever

Compost should be available in about 6 months for a donation. More details will follow.

Opening times

The site is open on Sunday mornings from 10am to 1pm and be run by volunteers. Full details HERE