Bulky waste collections

Bulky waste collection information

Items we collect

Some large items, such as corner sofas and American‑style fridge freezers, count as two items when booking and paying for a collection. You can find full details in the list below.

Items we don’t collect

We do not collect:

  • Asbestos
  • Concrete 
  • Boilers 
  • Bricks and rubble 
  • Car and motorbike parts or tyres 
  • Commercial appliances 
  • Commercial, industrial or clinical waste (including hypodermic needles) 
  • Garden waste, trees and bushes 
  • Gas bottles 
  • House clearances 
  • Large quantities (skip load) 
  • Liquids - waste oils, paint tins, corrosive or noxious liquids 
  • Loose material requiring excessive handling 
  • Oil tanks or full water tanks 
  • Pianos 
  • Sunbeds 
  • Range cookers/Aga’s 
  • Sheds, greenhouses and coal bunkers 
  • Food waste 
  • Ride-on lawnmowers 
  • Bags of general refuse waste 
  • External windows and doors (inc patio doors) 
  • Plasterboard (Gypsum) 
  • Hot tubs 
  • Granite worktops 
  • Fireplaces/Mantlepieces 
  • Metal fencing 
  • Other hazardous waste

You can also recycle small Electrical and Electronic Equipment using our Electrical item recycling service

Customer Services

Address: Causeway House,
Bocking End,
Braintree,
Essex,
CM7 9HB

Telephone: 01376 552525