Bulky waste

What we can collect

When you book a bulky waste collection, you must tell what type of items you want us to collect.

Summary of what we can collect

Types of bulky waste we can collect are:

  • household furniture, including bathroom furniture
  • large household electrical items
  • large toys for children
  • garden furniture
  • bags of rubble, spoil and garden waste
  • bundles of wood
  • worktops, doors and gates
  • carpets, flooring and underlay
  • wheelchairs, pushchairs and prams
  • other large items such as fish tanks, golf clubs, suitcases and artificial Christmas trees

You can find a full list of items below and in our online form when you book a bulky waste collection.

It's important you read the full list carefully as conditions and limits apply for some items.

Full list of what we can collect

Each item in the list below counts as a one single item for bulky waste collections, unless otherwise stated.

Items you can ask us to collect as bulky waste are:

  • armchair
  • baby changing table or unit
  • bath (not cast iron)
  • bathroom sink
  • battery for cars – lead or acid
  • bed base
  • bed frame
  • bed headboard
  • bed mattress
  • bedside cabinet
  • bicycle for children
  • book case
  • bunk bed – must be dismantled
  • cabinet
  • car battery – lead or acid
  • carpet – rolled (no larger than 10ft by 8ft or 300cm by 240cm)
  • chair – for use at an indoor work table
  • chair – for use in a dining room
  • chair – for use in the garden
  • chest of drawers
  • Christmas tree – artificial
  • coffee table
  • composter
  • cooker
  • cot – must be dismantled
  • couch including cushions
  • cupboard
  • desk
  • dining chair
  • dining table
  • dog kennel
  • door
  • dresser
  • dustbin
  • electrical item – large (such as a washing machine or TV or dishwasher)
  • electrical item – small (such as a toaster or kettle or hair dryer)
  • exercise bike
  • fire surround – wooden
  • fish tank (up to 4ft or 120cm)
  • flooring – laminate (up to 20 pieces bundled counts as 1 item)
  • footstool
  • freezer – household
  • fridge – household
  • fridge freezer – household
  • garden chair
  • garden green waste (up to 4 bags counts as 1 item)
  • garden table
  • golf clubs – including bag
  • green garden waste (up to 4 bags counts as 1 item)
  • headboard
  • hedge trimmer
  • hob
  • ironing board
  • kennel
  • kitchen pots and pans and utensils (boxed together as 1 item)
  • kitchen sink
  • laminate flooring (up to 20 pieces bundled counts as 1 item)
  • lawn mower
  • mattress
  • oven
  • paddling pool
  • play car for children
  • pouffe
  • pram
  • pressing table for clothes
  • pushchair
  • rabbit hutch (up to 6ft or 180cm)
  • rocking chair
  • rotary washing line
  • rowing machine
  • rubble and spoil (up to 4 bags counts as 1 item)
  • satellite dish
  • scooter for children
  • settee including cushions
  • shelves – bundled (counts as 1 item)
  • shelving unit
  • shower base
  • shower cubicle
  • sink from bathroom or kitchen
  • slide for children
  • sofa bed
  • sofa including cushions
  • stair gate
  • strimmer
  • suitcase
  • sun lounger
  • swimming pool (small) – for paddling in the garden
  • swing for children
  • table – for use in the garden
  • table – for use inside the house
  • television cabinet or stand
  • toilet – including pan and cistern
  • toy car for children
  • toys for children (up to 4 filled black sacks counts as 1 item)
  • trampoline for children – must be dismantled
  • treadmill
  • tricycle for children
  • trunk for travel
  • underlay – rolled (no larger than 10ft by 8ft or 300cm by 240cm)
  • wardrobe – preferably dismantled
  • washing line – rotary
  • water butt
  • wheelchair – non-electric
  • wood (up to 4 bundles no longer than 10ft or 300cm counts as 1 item)
  • worktop (1 piece up to 10ft or 300cm long)

If you wish to dispose of something that isn't on the list, we won't be able to collect it as part of your bulky waste booking. Instead you can check our A to Z of waste and recyclable items for other ways to dispose of it. We will not take any items that don't match those you have booked for collection.