Waste disposal

den07

Hiya I have recently started a small window repair company and things are going really well,my question is what is the most economical way of disposal of old double glazed units?

Thanks

greyteam1959

Probably the best and cheapest way is to get a traders licence and take them to your local amenity tip.
No idea what a licence will be in your area but it is around £250 per year in my area.

den07

Thanks was going to look into that tomorrow,do they then charge you at the tip do you know?

greyteam1959

No idea sorry.
You may be able to get rid of some units on the like of Freegle / Freecycle / Gumtree / Preloved of Facebook.
People use them for all sorts of things.
Might be a bit of a hassle though 

bris

In council waste centres it's done by weight, different types of waste have different prices per ton.

Phone your local council or check the website for prices where you are.

One thing is for sure, it's not cheap to get rid of your waste, start by getting the waste carriers licence. 

bris

greyteam1959 said:

Probably the best and cheapest way is to get a traders licence and take them to your local amenity tip.
No idea what a licence will be in your area but it is around £250 per year in my area.

That might be the cost of the licence but it's charged per ton to tip,

greyteam1959

Can't be charged per ton at the amenity sites in my area as they have no way of weighing the waste

Grumpy_chap

greyteam1959 said:

Can't be charged per ton at the amenity sites in my area as they have no way of weighing the waste

They don't weigh the waste itself.  They weigh the vehicle in and out.

Pennywise

One of my clients is a general builder/joiner who does mostly small jobs (not extensions etc), and does a fair bit of replacement windows/doors/flooring etc.  He just stacks up his waste from small jobs until he's got a lot and then hires a skip for it.  For any jobs where there's a lot of waste, he gets a skip delivered to the customers' house and includes the cost in their quote.

greyteam1959

Grumpy_chap said:

greyteam1959 said:

Can't be charged per ton at the amenity sites in my area as they have no way of weighing the waste

They don't weigh the waste itself.  They weigh the vehicle in and out.

There are no facilities for weighing vehicles either.

Lomast

greyteam1959 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

greyteam1959 said:

Can't be charged per ton at the amenity sites in my area as they have no way of weighing the waste

They don't weigh the waste itself.  They weigh the vehicle in and out.

There are no facilities for weighing vehicles either.

They won't be excepting commercial waste then as they have to provide paperwork to prove disposal. Household waste does not have this requirement