House move, getting rid of rubbish?

Jacob777

We are moving house within the next few weeks (we are key workers and need to move for work reasons). With the current situation, does anyone have any idea on how we can dispose of rubbish from our current house as all the recycling centers are closed? We don't have enough rubbish to make it financially viable to hire a skip (it probably wouldn't even fill a quarter of a skip!) but getting rid of it a bit at a time with our normal rubbish is taking FOREVER!

The only ideas that have come to mind so far are:

- Asking neighbours if we can put some of it in their bins if they have room left on bin day (most don't as their bins are usually overflowing)

- Taking some of our general household rubbish down to Tesco in a bag and putting it in their bins, leaving a bit more room in ours to dispose of stuff. Sadly I'm not sure if this would be classed as a form of fly tipping?

Does anyone else have any ideas?Oh, and I won't use any of them cowboy firms from Facebook that promise to take a van full of rubbish for a tenner as they probably fly tip it!

Slithery

You can get tiny skips or just use a reputable firm to come and collect.

davidmcn

Yes, of course putting your rubbish in somebody else's bin is fly-tipping.

The other option is just to take it with you and store it at the new place until you can dump it legitimately.

Scotbot

Take it with you and dispose of it when recycling centers reopen

RelievedSheff

Just hire a small/mini skip.

It's what we did when we moved house. Saved lots of hassle running back and forth to the tip.

FreeBear

Got any empty bulk bags builders get their sand & gravel in ?

Some waste companies offer a grab service and will take a bulk bag for a modest fee. Alternatively, have a look for a "Hippo Service". Not cheap, but similar to the grab'n'go service with bulk bags.

The_Warned

FreeBear said:

 Alternatively, have a look for a "Hippo Service". Not cheap, but similar to the grab'n'go service with bulk bags.

I've used Hippo. If you can meet their rather stringent demands regarding the location of the bag, they're good, but check out what those are before ordering. On no account rely on the lorry driver to be creative.

youth_leader

I sold at auction and had already moved from my five bed into a tiny two bed cottage nearby.  Unfortunately lockdown scuppered my plans for selling my larger furniture which has to be 'house clearanced', but I have been putting smaller useful items by my bin as I am en route to a supermarket.  Last night I put out two newish oil radiators, a tin trunk, a 12 bottle wine rack and a fire guard.  All taken by someone passing my house walking their dogs last night, they said they would come back with their car on their essential shopping trip this morning.  If you have anything that could be recycled, perhaps worth a try? 

JuzaMum

As has been said a HIPPO type bag would be good as well as seeing if anyone wants your 'rubbish' for nothing. I took apart the kids old trampoline and put the metal parts in the front garden and they soon went. I used a local grab bag waste service recently - £46 for a full bag of soil and stones removed versus £135 with Hippo. The same company charge £70 for general mixed waste plus the cost of the bag (£6) if you don't have one. They were also very accommodating with collection which was over an 8' garden wall. HIPPO are very expensive

Sncjw

Will you be decorating In your new place maybe need a skip for the rubbish from that. 

oystercatcher

Would any of the neighbours club together with you for a skip? There seem to be lots of people on our local Facebook group moaning they can't get rid of rubbish.