The phrase tells us what sort of waste (uncountable) we are talking about. It would be followed by a singular verb.
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#1 21-Feb-2017, 12:41"household and garden waste" plural or singular
Is the word "household and garden waste" singular or plural?
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#2 21-Feb-2017, 13:08Re: "household and garden waste" plural or singular
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#3 21-Feb-2017, 15:46Re: "household and garden waste" plural or singular
If you put household waste and garden waste, separately, outside your house for collection once a week (for example), you would say "My household waste and garden waste are collected on a Tuesday". You can omit the first "waste and", leaving "My household and garden waste are collected on a Tuesday" and it would mean the same.
"My household and garden waste is collected on a Tuesday" suggests to me that you put the two sorts of waste into one bag and that one bag is collected.Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
