England Council Bulky Waste Collection

England Council Large Item Bulky Waste Collection

We reviewed the rates and service offered by each council in England for removing a sofa, a fridge, a mattress, and also a combination of all three.  To reduce complexity we have ignored any discounts for individuals receiving income support and any extra service levels only available to disabled residents.

The 10 Most Expensive Councils

South East councils dominate the expensive council leader board, with Richmond upon Thames coming out top at £114 to remove the three item combination.

England council	Region	3 Item Combo
Richmond upon Thames	London	£114
Arun	South East	£106
Bromley	London	£103
Central Bedfordshire	East	£100
Brighton and Hove	South East	£97
Havant	South East	£96
Lewes	South East	£95
Eastleigh	South East	£94
Tunbridge Wells	South East	£92
Reigate and Banstead	South East	£90

A spokesperson for Richmond upon Thames said: “This fee was established during the previous waste collection contract and reflects both a cost for the administrative process to book the collection and the collection itself.”

7 Councils still offer the service for FREE

The following seven councils do not charge to remove bulky waste.

• Hillingdon
• Hyndburn
• Liverpool
• Newham
• Nottingham
• Tower Hamlets
• Redbridge

However, these services may not stay free for long.  Newham council, for example, recently indicated they may replace it with a paid-for service.  “The council is proposing to withdraw the free service as part of the three year 2020-2023 Budget and is currently consulting with residents on these budget proposals. Following consultation the proposed budget goes to Cabinet on February 18, and to Full Council for final approval on March 2.  Should the proposals be accepted a date to withdraw the free service will be agreed and publicised.  The number of free collections permitted per year per household will also be reduced from 3 to 2 in April 2020.”

And 10 more councils that offer great value…

If you’re lucky, you might live in an area that charges just a tenth of the price councils in other parts of the country are charging.  The cheapest region is the North East.  Check below to see if your local council features on the list:

England council	Region	3 Item Combo
Barrow-in-Furness	North West	£10
Pendle	North West	£10
Wigan	North West	£10
Barking & Dagenham	London	£10
Basildon	East	£10
West Lanchashire	North West	£13
Cotswold	South West	£14
Forest of Dean	South West	£15
Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£15
Ribble Valley	North West	£15

4 councils NOT offering a bulky waste service

If you are a resident in any of the following council areas, unfortunately a bulky waste council collection isn’t an option for you and you’ll have to look for an alternative (like us!):

• City of Lincoln  – they do however run a service for OAP’s/people with disabilities
• North Somerset
• Scarborough
• Tendring

The Complete list of Bulky Waste Collection charges by Council in England 

Council	£	Council	£
Adur	44	New Forest	38
Allerdale	30	Newark and Sherwood	36
Amber Valley	19	Newcastle upon Tyne	30
Arun	106	Newcastle-under-Lyme	38
Ashfield	32	North Devon	22
Ashford	24	North Dorset	42
Aylesbury Vale	75	North East Derbyshire	35
Babergh	41	North East Lincolnshire	30
Barnsley	25	North Hertfordshire	45
Barrow-in-Furness	10	North Kesteven	29
Basildon	10	North Lincolnshire	20
Basingstoke and Deane	30	North Norfolk	45
Bassetlaw	31	North Somerset	N/A
Bath & North East Somerset	31	North Tyneside	60
Bedford	36	North Warwickshire	25
Birmingham	35	North West Leicestershire	24
Blaby	29	Northampton	45
Blackburn with Darwen	45	Northumberland	51
Blackpool	20	Norwich	30
Bolsover	20	Nottingham	0
Bolton	32	Nuneaton and Bedworth	25
Boston	44	Oadby and Wigston	30
Bournemouth	36	Oldham	19
Bracknell Forest	44	Oxford	25
Bradford	20	Pendle	10
Braintree	39	Peterborough	71
Breckland	30	Plymouth	20
Brentwood	33	Poole	43
Brighton and Hove	97	Portsmouth	60
Bristol	25	Preston	21
Broadland	28	Purbeck	42
Bromsgrove	26	Reading	89
Broxbourne	49	Redcar and Cleveland	21
Broxtowe	34	Redditch	26
Burnley	27	Reigate and Banstead	90
Bury	36	Ribble Valley	15
Calderdale	50	Richmondshire	46
Cambridge	30	Rochdale	55
Cannock Chase	33	Rochford	30
Canterbury	47	Rossendale	28
Carlisle	22	Rother	37
Castle Point	35	Rotherham	27
Central Bedfordshire	100	Rugby	26
Charnwood	20	Runnymede	49
Chelmsford	24	Rushcliffe	35
Cheltenham	59	Rushmoor	50
Cherwell	18	Rutland	32
Cheshire East	40	Ryedale	56
Cheshire West & Chester	45	Salford	43
Chesterfield	40	Sandwell	32
Chichester	59	Scarborough	N/A
Chiltern	39	Sedgemoor	45
Chorley	40	Sefton	30
Colchester	42	Selby	50
Copeland	27	Sevenoaks	82
Corby	23	Sheffield	23
Cornwall	25	Shepway	37
Cotswold	14	Shropshire	34
County Durham	16	Slough	15
Coventry	32	Solihull	24
Craven	30	South Bucks	39
Crawley	88	South Cambridgeshire	30
Dacorum	34	South Derbyshire	55
Darlington	37	South Gloucestershire	28
Dartford	30	South Hams	54
Daventry	16	South Holland	25
Derby	51	South Kesteven	30
Derbyshire Dales	40	South Lakeland	30
Doncaster	33	South Norfolk	48
Dover	30	South Northamptonshire	34
Dudley	61	South Oxfordshire	38
East Cambridgeshire	25	South Ribble	28
East Devon	38	South Somerset	45
East Dorset	42	South Staffordshire	30
East Hampshire	60	South Tyneside	25
East Hertfordshire	49	Southampton	50
East Lindsey	25	Southend-on-Sea	18
East Northamptonshire	30	Spelthorne	49
East Riding of Yorkshire	31	St Albans	45
East Staffordshire	50	St Edmundsbury	32
Eastbourne	50	St. Helens	30
Eastleigh	123	Stafford	46
Eden	26	Staffordshire Moorlands	35
Elmbridge	52	Stevenage	69
Epping Forest	50	Stockport	75
Epsom and Ewell	39	Stockton-on-Tees	20
Erewash	40	Stoke-on-Trent	16
Exeter	17	Stratford-on-Avon	40
Fareham	56	Stroud	25
Fenland	86	Suffolk Coastal	44
Forest Heath	30	Sunderland	33
Forest of Dean	32	Surrey Heath	N/A
Fylde	15	Swale	50
Gateshead	65	Swindon	30
Gedling	24	Tameside	31
Gloucester	36	Tamworth	27
Gosport	24	Tandridge	66
Gravesham	60	Taunton Deane	45
Great Yarmouth	44	Teignbridge	47
Guildford	19	Telford and Wrekin	18
Halton	57	Tendring	N/A
Hambleton	15	Test Valley	53
Harborough	52	Tewkesbury	22
Harlow	34	Thanet	26
Harrogate	26	Three Rivers	46
Hart	86	Thurrock	30
Hartlepool	58	Tonbridge and Malling	54
Hastings	20	Torbay	68
Havant	30	Torridge	40
Herefordshire	96	Trafford	33
Hertsmere	25	Tunbridge Wells	92
High Peak	45	Uttlesford	26
Hinckley and Bosworth	24	Vale of White Horse	38
Horsham	15	Wakefield	21
Huntingdonshire	56	Walsall	15
Hyndburn	35	Warrington	20
Ipswich	0	Warwick	35
Isle of Wight	38	Watford	46
Kettering	35	Waveney	44
King’s Lynn & West Norfolk	23	Waverley	57
Kingston upon Hull	31	Wealden	55
Kirklees	35	Wellingborough	38
Knowsley	31	Welwyn Hatfield	33
Lancaster	18	West Berkshire	41
Leeds	30	West Devon	45
Leicester	20	West Dorset	42
Lewes	0	West Lancashire	13
Lichfield	95	West Lindsey	31
Lincoln	27	West Oxfordshire	38
Liverpool	N/A	West Somerset	45
London	0	Weymouth & Portland	42
Luton	28	Wigan	10
Maidstone	45	Wiltshire	76
Maldon	30	Winchester	67
Malvern Hills	28	Windsor & Maidenhead	80
Manchester	27	Wirral	29
Mansfield	21	Woking	53
Medway	38	Wokingham	33
Melton	58	Wolverhampton	27
Mendip	45	Worcester	46
Mid Devon	63	Worthing	44
Mid Suffolk	41	Wychavon	40
Mid Sussex	50	Wycombe	39
Middlesbrough	20	Wyre	20
Milton Keynes	40	Wyre Forest	45
Mole Valley	40	York	35

Source: AnyJunk (January 2020)

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