We offer a collection service for bulky household items such as furniture and domestic appliances. This service is carried out by local charity, Changing Lives.
Bulky household items include:
- sofas and armchairs
- tables
- chairs
- mattresses
- bed frames
- white goods (for example, fridges and freezers)
- doors (wood only)
Changing Lives will not collect:
- household waste or recycling
- hazardous waste (for example, chemicals, gas canisters, plasterboard, asbestos etc.)
- garden waste
- wood (for example, fences, posts, decking etc)
- paint
- construction/demolition or DIY type waste
- textiles
These items should be taken to your nearest recycling centre. If you can’t take them yourself you can also arrange a collection through a private waste clearance business.
If you use a business to clear your bulky waste items you still have a duty of care to make sure your waste is disposed of legally.
Please ask them for their waste carriers licence and ask where they are taking the waste. This is to help avoid fly-tipping. More information on this is available on our fly-tipping webpage.