Bulky Waste Collections
The Council is able to offer residents, via our waste collection contractor; Biffa Municipal Ltd, the collection of bulky items such as settees, beds and wardrobes etc. This service is chargeable and worked out in units, the first two units are £24 for each unit, any additional units are £18.50 each.
If you require a collection of a larger item such as the below, please call Biffa Waste Services on 01543 225034.
An example of items and their equivalent units that can be collected can be seen in the table below. For example the collection of a three piece suite, television and dining table would be 4 units so £77.
| Items | Units |
|---|---|
| Up to 10 black sacks containing household/garden waste | 1 |
| Sofa/armchair | 1 |
| Three piece suite | 2 |
| Bed (mattress) | 1 |
| Bed (base) | 1 |
| White Goods (cooker, fridge etc) | 1 |
| Televisions | 1 |
| Dining table | 1 |
| Chairs (x 4) | 1 |
Exceptions are:
- American style fridge/freezers can be collected for a charge of £48.00 (classed as two units).
- Motorised furniture (such as reclining armchairs, reclining sofas and adjustable/hospital beds) will be collected at a charge of £48.00 per item (classed as two units).
Please note: Biffa will be unable to collect any hazardous items, rubble or fence panels.
All items to be collected should be placed at the front of the property. However, if they cannot be placed at the front and need collecting from the rear of the property an additional £10.00 charge will be included.
Alternatively items may be accepted by charities or Staffordshire County Council also have a Rescue Me initiative aiming to reuse household items and give them to charities, schools and care leaves.
Electrical Waste
It is really easy to recycle your old electrical items. Please DO NOT place electrical items, batteries or vapes inside your bins, this can cause fires.
Put your small electrical item(s) in a carrier bag, tie up the bag and place it next to your waste (Green Bin) or recycling bin (Blue Bin) on your normal collection day. We ask for items to be at the side of the bin rather than the top for safety reasons, items could be knocked by passersby or blown off in the wind.
Space for electrical items is limited on the lorries so please present items when you have them rather than storing and presenting several items together. If more than one bag is put out for collection it will be at the discretion of the collector and the space available on the truck.
By putting the items in a carrier bag this contains the items neat and tidy and enables you to gauge the size of the items that we can take. Please remember - items that are too large or not listed below will not be collected.
What can be collected...
Yes Please
Leave any cables and plugs attached to any electrical items and appliances.
- Vapes and batteries
- Kettles, toasters, irons and other small kitchen appliances
- Hairdryers, hair straighteners and hair clippers
- Clocks, watches, calculators and torches
- Remote controllers, cameras and chargers
- Mobile phones and laptop batteries
- Radios, alarms, mini hi-fi's and CD and MP3 Players
- Small electronic toys such as remote control cars
- Power tools, smoke detectors and thermostats
- Any small electrical item with a plug or that uses batteries
No Thanks
- Light bulbs, fluorescent tubes
- Televisions, computer monitors of any size and laptops
- Fridges and freezers
- Washing machines, cookers and microwave ovens
- Anything that will not fit inside a standard-sized carrier bag
- Glass/ceramic electrical items such as slow cookers or glass kettles
We would also like to remind residents that some of their household items that are no longer wanted may be useful for someone else. Follow the link to see where else you could Take / Dontate your electrical equipment.