What can go in
Almost everything. Except eight things.
Furniture, rubble, timber, garden waste, kitchens, bathrooms and carpets all go in. Eight things cannot, because the law says so or because they hurt the people sorting at the station. Here they are, with what to do instead.
Cannot go in
The eight, and why.
Fridges and freezers
The coolant and the foam hold gases that have to be captured, so they are handled as electrical waste under the WEEE rules.
We collect them on the same lorry for £45 each.
TVs, monitors and electricals
Screens and anything with a plug are electrical waste, recycled separately for the metals and the circuit boards.
Small electricals free at the council tip; we take TVs for £15.
Gas bottles and extinguishers
They explode in the crusher and the loader at the station, and the driver has no way of knowing they are there.
Gas bottles go back to the supplier; extinguishers to a fire-safety firm.
Asbestos
By law it must be removed and bagged by a licensed contractor and taken to a licensed site. A skip load with asbestos is quarantined.
Ring us for the names of two licensed removers we trust.
Paint, oil and solvents
Liquid paint and solvents leak and are hazardous waste. Dried, solid emulsion in an open tin is fine.
Leave the lid off to dry, or take liquid paint to the council tip.
Tyres
Tyres are banned from landfill and have to go to a tyre recycler.
We take them for £10 each on the same lorry.
Batteries
Car and lithium batteries leak acid or catch fire in the loads.
Car batteries to any scrap dealer; small ones to the supermarket bins.
Plasterboard, mixed in
Mixed with other waste in landfill it makes hydrogen sulphide. Kept apart, it is recycled into new plasterboard.
Bag it separately or keep it at one end: free.
Can go in
Everything else, sorted at the station.
Rubble, bricks, concrete, soil and tiles; timber, doors and kitchen units; furniture, carpets and underlay; garden waste, branches and turf; metal, cardboard and general household rubbish; bathroom suites; dried paint tins with the lids off. All of it is tipped at our station in Hirwaun and sorted, which is how 92 per cent avoids landfill.
- Mattresses allowed, charged £30 each for hand stripping
- Plasterboard free if kept separate
- A waste transfer note with every skip
Questions about what goes in
What happens if something on the list is in the skip?
We pull it out at the station and charge the same as collecting it separately. Hidden asbestos is a different matter: the load is quarantined and the specialist disposal is charged at cost.
Can I burn the garden waste instead?
Please do not: it is a nuisance to neighbours and there are rules. Garden waste in a skip is composted.
Order by two. On your drive tomorrow.
Pick the size, tell us where it goes, and Glyn or one of the drivers drops it with boards under it. Fourteen days, collection, tipping and VAT in the price, and the permit sorted if it goes on the road.