Council Tips

[crankedup5]

Fly tipping on the increase, doesn’t take much imagination to understand why.

[CoolHands]

I’m with the op. It’s fking disgraceful

[Cardiff_Exile]

Senex said:

Seventy said:

Are you going in a commercial vehicle? i.e van or pickup?
Which council?

Normal car, Swindon

ah the joy of the tip there, I moved a few years back 5 miles up the road to 'Wiltshire' the tip is super easy in comparison

[Actual]

Where we are now EVERYTING is free. We are moving to Buckinghamshire. Their prices must be illegal and I'm gonna fight this with my new MP.

Hardcore and rubble
Fees for hardcore and rubble
Item Price (each)
Bags of cement (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Bricks and rubble (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Concrete bricks (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Roof tiles/slates (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Stones/gravel/sand (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Soil (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Paving slab (1m x 1m) £3.20
Turf (per roll or per 25 litre bag) £3.20

Bathroom items
Fees for bathroom items
Item Price each
Bath panel £3.20
Bathroom pedestal £3.20
Bathroom sink £3.20
Bathroom tiles (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Bathroom towel rail £3.20
Bath and panel £6.40
Bathroom cabinets - fitted £6.40
Bathroom sink and pedestal £6.40
Bidet £6.40
Toilet cistern £6.40
Toilet pan £6.40
Shower screen/door £12.80
Shower tray £12.80
Toilet pan, cistern, and seat £12.80

Kitchens
Fees for kitchens
Item Price (each)
Kitchen sink and taps £3.20
Kitchen tiles (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Kitchen unit £6.40
Kitchen worktops (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £9.60

Timber
Fees for timber
Item Price (each)
Floorboards or laminate flooring (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Fence panel £3.20
Fence post £3.20
Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Shed (per panel) £3.20
Timber offcuts (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Wood chipping (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Wooden decking (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Wooden pallets £3.20
Wooden trellis £3.20

Windows and doors
Fees for windows and doors
Item Price (each)
Door (external) £12.80
Door (internal) £3.20
Greenhouse panel (whole side) £12.80
Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £12.80

Roofing materials
Fees for roofing materials
Item Price (each)
Loft insulation (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) £3.20
Roofing felt (per roll or 2m x 1m) £3.20
Guttering / pipes (up to 10m) £3.20

Asbestos (restrictions apply)
Before visiting a recycling centre to dispose of asbestos, you will need:

to apply for a waste permit [valid for 1 year and can be used up to three times]
The maximum amount accepted is three normal sized bin-liner bags (or four sheets of approx 2 metres by 1 metre).

Fees for asbestos
Item Price (each)
Asbestos (1m x 1m) £4.40

Plasterboard (restrictions apply)
All plasterboard brought to site should have tiles, wood and other materials removed before disposal.

Fees for plasterboard
Item Price (each)
Plaster or gypsum (per 25 litre bag) £7.60
Plasterboard sheet (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £9

Tyres
Fees for tyres
Item Price (each)
Car or motorcycle tyre £5

Other
Fees for other items
Item Price (each)
Artificial grass (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) £3.20
Radiator £3.20
Chimney pot £3.20
Sheet glass (per 25 litre bag or 1m x 1m) £3.20
Lime mortar £3.20
Loft door / hatch £3.20
Pond liners (3m x 3m) £3.20
Oil tanks (empty) £6.40
Water tanks (empty) £12.80
Fireplace £12.80
Storage heater £12.80
Wood burner / stove £12.80
Shed - whole (max. 2m x 2m, equivalent to 7 x shed panels) £22.40
Boiler £25.60

[BananaFama]

Cardiff_Exile said:

Senex said:

Seventy said:

Are you going in a commercial vehicle? i.e van or pickup?
Which council?

Normal car, Swindon

ah the joy of the tip there, I moved a few years back 5 miles up the road to 'Wiltshire' the tip is super easy in comparison

How long has Swindon not been "Wiltshire "?

[StevieBee]

Actual said:

Where we are now EVERYTING is free

It really isn't.

Of your council tax, around £60 - £80 goes towards waste services each year. This includes household collection, litter picking, parks, crematoria and recycling centres.

A tonne of waste can cost a local authority up to £200 to dispose of. Each home generates around a tonne of waste each year. Recycling avoids disposal and also generates a revenue which means you pay less for the service than it technically costs.

If you rip out a bathroom and take the old bath, sink and bog to the tip, this creates additional waste and thus cost to the local authority and/or their contractor who runs the site. Either council tax can be increased to accommodate these sorts of cases (so others who aren't replacing their bathroom are contributing to yours), or you pay as you need it.

[Richtea1970]

Old Merc said:

The one in Reading is very good, massive place. Only available to Reading, Bracknell and Wokingham residents. Book a time slot online, take proof of address. Wave it all to the bloke at the barrier and in you go. No big queue, guys wonder around and help you with heavy stuff, in and out in no time.

I’m just up the road and use the West Berks site at Padworth. Similar experience, the booking system is so easy to use and there is never a queue.
Much better than pre-covid when you could easily sit in a queue for 30 mins or more at peak times, one of the few positives to come out of COVID (along with WFH).

[leigh1050]

When you said council tip I thought you was talking about the Aylesbury estate in Peckham!

[cheesejunkie]

WonkeyDonkey said:

Hire a skip

And expect every scumbag to use it before you have even half filled it . Why does someone always have a sofa they want to get rid of?

I helped my parents move house recently and they went through two skip loads emptying out the house they were moving into. A lifetime of someone's accumulated junk.

The best bit was they tried to give away much of the stuff and nobody wanted it. But throw it in the skip and watch how fast some scrote will nick it.

Out of interest, what are your thoughts on tradesmen who leave the rubbish for you to take to the tip so they don't have to pay the council fees? Most recent experience is a tiler. The leftovers filled the car and I got some strange looks from the tip workers but one of them's from my wife's village and looked the other way as I spent 15 mins emptying the car.

[heisthegaffer]

Southerner said:

heisthegaffer said:

My local one is just where you rock up when you can. It also has a dump cam.

I thought 'dump cam' might be some sort of slightly niche OnlyFans content!

Ha ha yes. Perhaps the council could supplement their income with sponsored banners promoting the different dump cams!?

[littlebasher]

Actual said:

Where we are now EVERYTING is free. We are moving to Buckinghamshire. Their prices must be illegal and I'm gonna fight this with my new MP.

Hardcore and rubble
Fees for hardcore and rubble
Item Price (each)
Bags of cement (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Bricks and rubble (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Concrete bricks (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Roof tiles/slates (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Stones/gravel/sand (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Soil (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Paving slab (1m x 1m) £3.20
Turf (per roll or per 25 litre bag) £3.20

Bathroom items
Fees for bathroom items
Item Price each
Bath panel £3.20
Bathroom pedestal £3.20
Bathroom sink £3.20
Bathroom tiles (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Bathroom towel rail £3.20
Bath and panel £6.40
Bathroom cabinets - fitted £6.40
Bathroom sink and pedestal £6.40
Bidet £6.40
Toilet cistern £6.40
Toilet pan £6.40
Shower screen/door £12.80
Shower tray £12.80
Toilet pan, cistern, and seat £12.80

Kitchens
Fees for kitchens
Item Price (each)
Kitchen sink and taps £3.20
Kitchen tiles (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Kitchen unit £6.40
Kitchen worktops (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £9.60

Timber
Fees for timber
Item Price (each)
Floorboards or laminate flooring (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Fence panel £3.20
Fence post £3.20
Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Shed (per panel) £3.20
Timber offcuts (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Wood chipping (per 25 litre bag) £3.20
Wooden decking (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £3.20
Wooden pallets £3.20
Wooden trellis £3.20

Windows and doors
Fees for windows and doors
Item Price (each)
Door (external) £12.80
Door (internal) £3.20
Greenhouse panel (whole side) £12.80
Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £12.80

Roofing materials
Fees for roofing materials
Item Price (each)
Loft insulation (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) £3.20
Roofing felt (per roll or 2m x 1m) £3.20
Guttering / pipes (up to 10m) £3.20

Asbestos (restrictions apply)
Before visiting a recycling centre to dispose of asbestos, you will need:

to apply for a waste permit [valid for 1 year and can be used up to three times]
The maximum amount accepted is three normal sized bin-liner bags (or four sheets of approx 2 metres by 1 metre).

Fees for asbestos
Item Price (each)
Asbestos (1m x 1m) £4.40

Plasterboard (restrictions apply)
All plasterboard brought to site should have tiles, wood and other materials removed before disposal.

Fees for plasterboard
Item Price (each)
Plaster or gypsum (per 25 litre bag) £7.60
Plasterboard sheet (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) £9

Tyres
Fees for tyres
Item Price (each)
Car or motorcycle tyre £5

Other
Fees for other items
Item Price (each)
Artificial grass (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) £3.20
Radiator £3.20
Chimney pot £3.20
Sheet glass (per 25 litre bag or 1m x 1m) £3.20
Lime mortar £3.20
Loft door / hatch £3.20
Pond liners (3m x 3m) £3.20
Oil tanks (empty) £6.40
Water tanks (empty) £12.80
Fireplace £12.80
Storage heater £12.80
Wood burner / stove £12.80
Shed - whole (max. 2m x 2m, equivalent to 7 x shed panels) £22.40
Boiler £25.60

Jesus, that's obscene

I know Hampshire dump sites change for rubble, they wanted £3 for two broken tiles that I had foolishly not hidden in a bin bag.

[bongtom]

I was hoping for a guide on how to become more council.

Thread oh so disappoints one.

[cheesejunkie]

bongtom said:

I was hoping for a guide on how to become more council.

Thread oh so disappoints one.

Use someone else's skip.

[Vipers]

Grumps. said:

I think it’s a bloody brilliant idea since ours started using a booking system.

As said, if you really have that much rubbish, hire a skip.

Not difficult really.

Agree, no problem booked a tip visit last night for this Friday.

[Blib]

Ah, Leiston tip. Divine.

[BoRED S2upid]

Back to normal here no booking no checks just drive in dump your rubbish and away. No limit on number of visits either.

[Vipers]

leigh1050 said:

When you said council tip I thought you was talking about the Aylesbury estate in Peckham!

[ARHarh]

Oh dear i suggest you all move to the small market town of Oswestry.

Never any queues, no charges for rubble or anything, no booking and most of all helpful staff.

And on the way home you can take a 50 mile detour across some of North Wales's finest driving roads.

[Slopes]

I live in a council tip -North Hertfordshire - and if i want to go to the recycling centre, just turn up.
Again, cameras in use to see the queues
They've even routed the traffic specifically but otherwise as far as i know it's fine. granted i haven't been for a while

[Senex]

BananaFama said:

How long has Swindon not been "Wiltshire "?

Geographically Swindon is located within Wiltshire but it has been a Unitary Authority since 1997 which means it is no longer under the auspices of Wiltshire Council.

The ceremonial county of Wiltshire consists of two unitary authority areas, Wiltshire and Swindon, governed respectively by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.

Swindon Borough contains two towns: Swindon and Highworth, and several villages.