Aberdeenshire Council is operating its seasonal garden waste recycling service again this year:

• Saturdays from 14 April to 3 November 2018 at the Coastal Park car park in Newtonhill from 8am to 11.40am.

Please do not leave garden waste in the car park when the collection service is not there. This is fly-tipping and offenders may be prosecuted.

Garden waste can also be taken to the Household Recycling Centre at Badentoy industrial park, Portlethen AB12 4ZD (Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Thursday 9am to 4:30pm, and Friday 9am to 4pm. It is closed every Tuesday and Wednesday).

For other ideas on how to deal with garden waste, including obtaining discounted home composters, visit www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/waste/other/garden-waste or call the Wasteline on 0845 600 3 900.