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See Also

Environmental Action Programme

 

Weblinks:

 

KCC Household waste & Recycling Centres

Environment Agency

Kent Energy Advice Centre 


Contact Us

Waste & Recycling

Email:

amenities@thanet.gov.uk

 

Phone: 01843 577115

 

Fax: 01843 290906

Bulky Waste

Your weekly refuse collection service does not include the removal of large furniture items such as beds, wardrobes, chairs etc. 

 

There are four main options for disposing of domestic bulky waste items:

 

  • if it is in good condition and useable, please contact one of many local charity shops or second hand shops in the area, they may remove it for you or for you to deliver.
  • take the item to the KCC Recycling Sites.
  • pay a local Registered Waste Carrier to remove it. It is your responsibility to  ensure that the company employed is properly registered with the local Environment Agency - 0800 807060 - ask the question and obtain a receipt, its your proof that the waste was disposed of legally.
  • pay the Council to remove it.

We offer a regular chargeable collection service phone  Waste & Recycling on 01843 577115  or email: amenities@thanet.gov.uk

 

Collections are arranged as soon as possible by phone once we have received payment. The charge will vary according to what you would like removed. 

Summary of charges

single item such as table, chair, radiator, vacuum cleaner, TV, bicycle, door, single mattress or fence panel £6.00
 Additional charge per item if collection is required from back garden or inside the property     £3.00
three of the above items £15.00
 Additional charge per item if collection is required from back garden or inside the property     £12.00
sets of chairs(4), chest of drawers, wardrobe, cooker, single bed, washing machine/dryer, single room carpet, double mattress or similar £18.00
 Additional charge per item if collection is required from back garden or inside the property    

£12.00

 

three piece suite, double bed or similar £25.00
Additional charge per item if collection is required from back garden or inside the property      £15.00
Half a load of a three tonne lorry with a limit of ½ hour loading time for one person £65.00

Additional charges apply if collection is required from back garden or inside the property  –  see equivalent items for price      

 
Full load of a three tonne lorry with a limit of 1 hour loading time for one person £125.00
Additional charges apply if collection is required from back garden or inside the property  –  see equivalent items for price        
For collection of Fridges and Freezers click on this link  

 

Terms & Conditions

 

Thanet District Council will not collect the following waste:

 

  • Fridges and freezers containing food or rubbish

 

  • Hardcore, Builders rubble, cement, bricks, concrete, paving slabs, etc

 

  • Oil from cars, vans etc

 

  • Car tyres, batteries or any car parts

 

  • Exceptionally heavy items such as pianos, cast iron baths etc

 

  • Waste arising from a trade or business activity

 

  • Hazardous waste such as pesticides, etc

 

  • All waste must be reasonably contained.  Collectors are not expected to shovel and bag rubbish.

 

Items for collection should be placed in the front garden of your property and be safely and easily accessible to the collectors.

 

Dry cell batteries should be taken to  KCC Recycling Sites.

Dumping furniture or other waste on open land, in alleyways or by litter bins is illegal.

 
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