Bulky Household Waste Collection
Huntingdonshire District Council offers residents a bulky household waste collection service. The service is based on a pre-arranged appointment and requires payment in advance at the time of booking.
When are collections made?
Appointments can be made for collections on Monday to Friday excluding public holidays. You will be advised what day applies to your area when you pay for the collection. It is not possible to be specific about the time of collection.
Collections are based on first come first serve basis. Once the daily maximum number of collections has been reached, you may have to wait until the next available collection slot for the area.
How can I arrange a collection?
Please contact the Council via the link on the right. Payment is required at the time of booking and can be arranged over the telephone. It would be helpful to have a list of items you would like collected and your debit card details to hand when you telephone.
When arranging the collection you will be asked to described your items as follows:-
1 Settee , 1 Chair , 1 Chair (Not one 3 piece suite) , 1 Complete Bed etc
How much does it cost?
These charges are correct for 2007/08 and are inclusive of VAT (unless stated).
Household Bulky Waste
- Six Items or less £24.50
- More than six items £31.00 per hour
Commercial Bulky Waste
If you have more than six items or wish to dispose of commercial bulky waste, we will arrange a visit to assess the request and give you a quotation for the removal of your waste removal. Please note that the total charge includes the time taken to travel time from our depot to the collection point, make the collection and then take the waste to the disposal site.
Payment can be either through the Cash Office (see link on the right) or direct to the depot, and must be paid before the collection is made.
What to do on the day of collection
Please place items for collections at a single point on the edge of your premises adjacent to the public highway. It must be easy to access and all placed at the same point.
Only items listed on the request will be removed, any additional items must be requested separately.
Please Note:
If we are unsure about what items to take, for instance there are two identical items on site but only one on the request, NONE of the items in question will be taken.
Items for collection should not be filled with other waste. These items will not be taken.
Council staff are instructed not to enter property to collect items.
Items included (each counted as one) in this service are:
- Armchair
- Bath - Heavy cast iron baths will not be collected
- Bathroom suite (bath, sink & toilet) counts as three items
- Bed - Base, Mattress and Headboard counts as one item.
- Bookcase
- Bicycle - 1 bicycle is one item
- Cabinet
- Carpet - One carpet must be rolled and tied and be manageable by two people. Larger carpets must be cut up into smaller pieces (under 6ft in length), rolled and tied.
- Chest of drawers
- Cooker
- Computer - CPU & monitor count as 1 item
- Cupboard
- One dining set (1 table and 4 chairs) counts as 2 items. Each additional chair or table to be collected counts as an additional 1 item.
- Dishwasher
- Domestic Fridge / Freezer (there are environmental implications with fridges and freezers and these will be collected)
- Dressing table
- Garage doors (single size only)
- Mattress
- Microwave
- Music centre
- Pianos - normal upright models only - must be brought to edge of property
- Sideboard
- Sofa - A three piece suite is counted as three items (additional sofa's / armchairs are counted as one additional item)
- Spin dryer
- Toilet
- Tumble dryer
- Television
- Twin tub
- Underlay - This must be listed as a separate item to the carpet.
- Vacuum cleaner
- Video
- Wardrobe - One wardrobe does not mean a full bedroom suite.
- Wash Basin
- Washing line
- Washing machine
Note that 20 refuse sacks would count as 6 items. Nothing over 6ft can be transported. No wrought iron can be removed.
Please view linked documents to the right of this page for further details of what can and cannot be collected.
*Please note that hazardous waste is subject to special requirements in order to prevent contamination or infection in the Hazardous Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2005. There is a legal “duty of care” to ensure that such waste is disposed of properly”.
For further information about hazardous waste please refer to the Environment Agency website via the link on the right.
How can I dispose of other items?
You can take your household rubbish or items to a Household waste recycling site. There is usually no charge made. The link on the right will take you to a list of locations
There are private waste disposal companies that may be able to assist and Charity Furniture Schemes may be interested in taking your unwanted furniture. Both can be found via the yellow pages link on the right.