Chargeable Saturday household drop-off service

We now provide a paid for household drop-off service that can collect your unwanted rubbish or garden waste.  

This service is mainly for parish councils, residents’ associations, managing agents and social housing providers. 

We need at least 14 days notice to provide this service.

Collections 

Rubbish 

For rubbish collections, we offer a refuse vehicle on Saturday mornings between 8am and 11am for £481.26 per session.

The vehicle can cover 3 nearby sites in this time frame.

You must place your rubbish directly in the hopper under the supervision of our driver. We can accommodate approximately 8.5 tonnes. The service ends once the vehicle is full.  

The service cost includes licenced disposal of material. 

Garden waste 

There are two options for garden waste collection: 

1. We can offer a vehicle on a Saturday morning to be on site for 3 hours between 8am and 11am for £431.46. This includes a fixed discount allowance of 2 tonnes of garden waste which gives certainty of cost without needing to guarantee a specific volume. 
2. We can offer a vehicle on a Saturday morning to be on site for 3 hours between 8am and 11am for £527.66. This total will be discounted by the total volume collected in tonnes at the rate of £30.70 per tonne as measured by the weighbridge at the end of the session.  

The vehicle can cover 3 nearby sites in this time frame.

You must place your rubbish directly in the hopper under the supervision of our driver. We can accommodate approximately 8.5 tonnes. The service ends once the vehicle is full.  

The service cost includes licenced disposal of material. 

We will take away:

• small loads from domestic properties – use this service to dispose of bulky items not normally collected with household waste
• garden waste to be composted

We will not take:

• items that can be recycled
• No upholstered seating (i.e. no sofas, arm chairs etc) - book a special collection
• large loads, fridges, freezers or other electrical goods – but you can book a special collection
• hazardous waste such as asbestos, batteries, liquids or gas bottles – Find more information on how to throw these away.
• business waste – these can be arranged through our business waste collections

Advertising events

Organisations agreeing new household drop off services are responsible for publicising the available service to their resident groups.

For more information and to arrange a service, email shrubend@colchester.gov.uk