Extra sign-up window for garden waste collection permits

An extra sign-up window for the 2025/26 garden waste collection service opened on Monday, 2 February.

Permit applications can be made using a myeastlothian account on our council’s website until the window closes at 4pm on Monday, 16 February.

This opportunity has been created to allow anyone who didn’t sign up during last year’s window - which operated from 12 May until 4 July - to join the current service.

Those signing up will benefit from fortnightly collections operating until 28 August 2026 at a cost of £35 for a permit.

They will have to sign up again for the 2026/27 service when the standard window opens in May for all residents, including paying for a new permit.

Permit stickers will be delivered to households signing up during the February window showing the address and permit number for the registered property. Collection crews will only empty brown bins with a valid sticker clearly displayed and they will check the sticker details match the address. There is a strict limit of one brown bin per household. 

Residents will also receive a calendar with the permit pack displaying the day and week of their bin collection.

Visit our website for more information.