Big bin clear out collection service

Items we can't accept

Items which are not accepted inside the refuse bin:

  • Asbestos: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Large items such as furniture and fridges: collection can be booked via our bulky collection service
  • Soil and garden waste: use the council’s garden waste service for smaller amounts of garden waste or book a special collection for soil and clearances
  • Upholstered seating: collections can be booked via our bulky collection service
  • Large electrical items: small electrical items which can fit into a carrier bag, can be placed into the electrical bag supplied. Large electricals can be booked via our bulky collection service
  • Gas bottles
  • Full/part full tins of paint: accepted if empty or fully dried out
  • Large bathroom, kitchen and other household fittings. For example, baths, sinks, radiators: Collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Gas and electric appliances. For example, cookers, boilers, fires: collections can be arranged via our special collections service or bulky collection service
  • Construction waste such as bricks/building materials, concrete, rubble, slabs, plasterboard, doors, window frames: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Car parts and car batteries: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Commercial waste
  • Large quantities of wood: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Fluorescent tubes, sunbed tubes: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Panes of glass: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Tyres: collections can be arranged via our special collections service
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Chemicals 
  • Oil
  • Fuel
  • Hazardous waste
  • Batteries: these can be taken to the supermarket for recycling

Items which are not accepted inside the garden bin:

  • Soil or old compost
  • Turf
  • Japanese knotweed
  • Slabs, stones or garden rubble
  • Treated wood - fence posts/panels and so on
  • Old or broken garden tools
  • Garden chemicals
  • Plant pots
  • Animal bedding or waste (place in your black bin)
  • Food waste - including fruit and vegetable peelings (place in your black bin)
  • Cardboard or paper (place in your blue-lidded bin)
  • General waste (put this in your black bin)

Last updated: 04/07/2024 12:11