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Gardening in North Cornwall

North Cornwall follows the Atlantic coast from Morwenstow and Bude to Boscastle, Tintagel and Padstow. Inland it takes in Wadebridge, Bodmin, Launceston and St Columb Major. Cornwall Council handles both the paid garden collection and the recycling centres. Four council tips lie inside the seat itself. Bude and Launceston are useful for traders, since both take paid commercial loads.1 2 3 4 5 6 7

At a glance

Council
Everything here is Cornwall Council, a unitary authority. Garden bins, tip bookings, van permits and trade tipping are all arranged through the council, with SUEZ running the sites.1 2 3 5 8
Wards covered
15 divisions: Bude; Stratton, Kilkhampton and Morwenstow; Poundstock; Camelford and Boscastle; St Teath and Tintagel; Padstow; both Wadebridge divisions; Bodmin St Mary's and St Leonard; Bodmin St Petroc's; Lanivet, Blisland and Bodmin St Lawrence; St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn; both Launceston divisions; Altarnun and Stoke Climsland.1
Typical garden
Across Cornwall, ONS (April 2020) recorded a median house garden of 243 m². Rural parts of this seat are likely to be larger than town plots.9

Paying for a Cornish garden bin2

  • Cost 2026/27: 240L bin £76, 140L bin £58, 70L bag £30 per year
  • How often Every two weeks on a weekday
  • Season Runs April to March; only 25 and 26 December are missed
  • Container Brown Cornwall Council bin or reusable bag, labelled with house name or number

The yearly fee is per container, on top of a one-off purchase for newcomers.

  • A new 240 litre bin is £33 to buy, a 140 litre bin £26 and a bag £14.
  • Late joiners are charged only for the remaining months of the April to March year.
  • Sign up this month and your first emptying falls on or after the 1st of next month.
  • Applications for this year are accepted until the end of December.
  • Containers arrive within eight calendar days; mark the house name or number on yours.
  • Moving within Cornwall? Take the bin with you and tell the council your new address.
  • Food, turf, soil and invasive plants such as bamboo or knotweed are refused.

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Recycling centres

Opening patterns and accepted waste vary across the four local sites.

  • Bodmin at Lanivet, Bude and Launceston are open daily but by appointment only.
  • The quietest times, the council says, are 9am to 10am and 3pm to 4pm.
  • Tintagel at Bowithick opens Friday to Monday and is not a booked site.
  • Bodmin and Tintagel do not take soil, rubble or plasterboard, so turf must go elsewhere.
  • Bude and Launceston allow eight free bags of soil or turf a week, then charge.
  • Bude's postcode may not lead a sat nav to the gate; follow the Tiscott Wood signs.4 5 6 7 8 10 11

Bodmin Household Waste and Recycling Centre4 8 10 12 13

Wheal Prosper, Lanivet, off Old Coach Road near Innis Downs, PL30 5HB · Directions

Monday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • Booking required
  • Vans: permit needed

Vans and pick-ups under 3.5 tonnes need a permit. Arrive in the vehicle named on your booking.

Trade waste not accepted. Gardeners and other businesses need a commercial route. Domestic waste only. No asbestos, plasterboard, soil, rubble or tyres. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Bodmin Household Waste and Recycling Centre

Bude Household Waste and Recycling Centre3 5 8 12 13

Tiscott Wood, off the A39 beyond Stratton, EX23 9LE · Directions

Monday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • Booking required
  • Vans: permit needed

Householders with vans need a permit. Trade customers do not, but must use the trade booking.

Trade waste by paid appointment only. Paid commercial loads by card with a waste carriers licence and a booked trade slot. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Bude Household Waste and Recycling Centre

Launceston Household Waste and Recycling Centre3 6 8 12 13

Bangors Road, Pennygillam Industrial Estate, Launceston, PL15 7PH · Directions

Monday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • Booking required
  • Vans: permit needed

Permit for household vans and longer trailers. No van may tow a trailer unless it is a blue badge vehicle.

Trade waste by paid appointment only. Trade green waste accepted for a fee; tippers must unload by hand. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Launceston Household Waste and Recycling Centre

Tintagel (Bowithick) Household Waste and Recycling Centre7 8 10 12 13

Bowithick, on the B3263 beyond Trewarmett, PL34 0HH · Directions

Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 9am to 4pm.

Closed Tuesday to Thursday, plus Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • No booking needed
  • Vans: permit needed

Standard Cornwall permit rules apply to vans and pick-ups.

Trade waste not accepted. Gardeners and other businesses need a commercial route. No commercial loads, asbestos or waste oil. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Tintagel (Bowithick) Household Waste and Recycling Centre

If you are a gardening business2 3 5 6 14

Bude and Launceston are two of only five Cornish centres that take trade waste.

  • Book a commercial slot online and bring a copy of your waste carrier registration.
  • Green waste costs £34.71 a car load, £62.85 a small van, £108.95 a medium van, before VAT.
  • Mixed loads are charged at the rate of the dearest material in them.
  • Staff write a waste transfer note before you unload, and only cards are accepted.
  • The kerbside garden bin cannot be used by any business.

The year ahead

  1. December

    Join before the cut-off2 4 5 6 7

    • New garden subscriptions close at the end of December each year.
    • Every recycling centre shuts on 25 and 26 December and 1 January.

  2. March

    Renew by 31 March2

    • Reminders go out from mid-February by email or post.
    • Garden waste left out without a live subscription will not be emptied from April.

Questions people ask about North Cornwall

Which tips near Bude and Launceston take trade green waste?

Both of them, for a fee, with a booked trade slot and a waste carrier licence.3 5 6

Can I take turf to Bodmin?

Not there. The council lists Bodmin and Tintagel among sites refusing soil, rubble and similar DIY waste.4 10

When is Tintagel tip open?

Friday to Monday, 9am to 4pm, without a booking slot.7 8

How much is a 140 litre garden bin?

The 2026/27 subscription is £58, plus £26 to buy the bin if you do not already have one.2

From the Ideas section

Sources

  1. ONS Open Geography: Ward to Westminster constituency to local authority lookup (2024). Checked 8 November 2026.
  2. Cornwall Council: Garden waste collections. Checked 8 November 2026.
  3. Cornwall Council: Commercial waste at household waste and recycling centres. Checked 8 November 2026.
  4. SUEZ Cornwall (for Cornwall Council): Bodmin HWRC. Checked 8 November 2026.
  5. SUEZ Cornwall (for Cornwall Council): Bude HWRC. Checked 8 November 2026.
  6. SUEZ Cornwall (for Cornwall Council): Launceston HWRC. Checked 8 November 2026.
  7. SUEZ Cornwall (for Cornwall Council): Tintagel (Bowithick) HWRC. Checked 8 November 2026.
  8. Cornwall Council: Book a slot at the tip. Checked 8 November 2026.
  9. ONS: Access to garden spaces, Great Britain (April 2020). Checked 8 November 2026.
  10. Cornwall Council: Charges at household waste and recycling centres. Checked 8 November 2026.
  11. Cornwall Council: Visiting the household waste and recycling centres. Checked 8 November 2026.
  12. Cornwall Council: Do I need a vehicle permit?. Checked 8 November 2026.
  13. postcodes.io: postcode coordinates. Checked 8 November 2026.
  14. GOV.UK: Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England). Checked 8 November 2026.

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