Bulky household waste

There are lots of charities and charity shops that will take your unwanted items of furniture and household goods. They must be clean, safe and in good condition.

There are also websites where you can offer your goods to other people for free.

Here are a few examples. Some offer free collection.

Organisations

• British Heart Foundation
  Free collection service for furniture, electrical items, clothes, shoes, books, DVD, CDs accessories and homeware. Find your nearest shop and ring them or donate online.
• Forget me not children's hospice
  Find your nearest shop to donate clothes and other unwanted items.
• Pass It On With Revive
  We offer free collections from anywhere in Kirklees for donations of furniture, bric-a-brac, electrical items, white goods and clothes.

Websites

• Freecycle
  Recycle goods rather than them going to landfill. They have groups in Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Bradford.
• Freegle
  Network of groups that exchange used goods rather than them going to landfill. They have groups in Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Bradford.
• Facebook
  Allows you to offer things to local groups or the Market Place.

You can donate items by taking them to our two reuse facilities. They can then be used to support good causes in Kirklees and beyond. Items must be clean and usable by somebody else. They can be found at:

• Emerald Street Household Waste Recycling Centre, Huddersfield
• Weaving Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre, Dewsbury

More information: Reuse Facilities

If you cannot donate your goods and materials and cannot transport them yourself, then you should use an approved, professional disposal company. They will either collect it or arrange to drop off a skip.

Always follow the SCRAP code if you choose to use a private firm to collect your waste:

• Suspect all waste carriers. Don't let them take your rubbish until they provide proof of registration. Note their vehicle's registration plate.
• Check that a waste carrier is registered on the Environment Agency's website: Register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers
• Refuse any unexpected offers to have your rubbish taken away.
• Ask how your rubbish will be disposed of. Get evidence of this.
• Paperwork must be obtained: a proper invoice, waste transfer note or receipt, including a description of the waste being removed and the waste carrier's contact details.

If your unwanted bulky household items cannot be donated or professionally removed, we offer a collection service from domestic properties only within Kirklees.

This service is not available for businesses or from commercial properties. Go to Trade waste if you are a business or commercial property and require a collection.

What we will collect

All items must be covered to prevent them from getting wet, visible to our crews and accessible.

• White goods - for example fridges, freezers, washing machines and cookers.
• Furniture - including bed frames and mattresses.
• Carpets - must be dry, rolled and tied, no more than 4ft or 1.2m long and able to be carried by 1 person. Maximum weight is 25kg.
• TVs and small electrical items - for example DVD players, toasters and kettles.
• Soil and rubble - for example bricks, stones, turf and soil bagged. Maximum weight is 15kg per bag.

Waste upholstered domestic seating

The Environment Agency as the enforcement authority in England has chosen to tighten up enforcement on existing regulations. This means waste upholstered domestic seating will be collected separately from other items. This may mean collection of your items takes place on different days.

By collecting POPs items (like sofas) and non-POPs items (like tables) on separate days, this waste can be dealt with separately.

Affected items include:

• sofas, settees and recliners
• sofa beds
• armchairs
• upholstered kitchen and dining room chairs
• garden furniture
• upholstered stools and foot stools
• office chairs
• futons
• bean bags, floor and sofa cushions
• any other upholstered items that can reasonably be described as a form of seating used by households, and to which relevant fire regulations apply. This might include child car seats, highchairs, and benches

Manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs tells you more.

What we won't collect

• Asbestos, although there is guidance on how to have it removed.
• Plaster board, but this can be taken to your local household waste recycling centres. You must book for free disposal of plaster and plasterboard.
• Commercial fridges, freezers, display cabinets, equipment, or waste products.
• Batteries (inc. car batteries)

Cost

• £11.00 for each standard bulky item, such as carpet or furniture. Maximum of 6 items per order.
• £30.00 for each sofa, settee, recliner, mattress and armchair. Maximum 6 per order.
• £11.00 per bag for soil or rubble. Maximum weight is 15kg per bag. A maximum of 6 soil bags can be collected per transaction. Please note we cannot take online payments for orders which contain rubble. Please enter your details and a team leader will contact you to discuss your collection requirements and take payment over the phone.
• £30.00 for white goods such as a fridge, freezer or cooker. Maximum of one item per order.
• £11.00 per item for small electrical items. Maximum of 6 items per collection.
• £2.00 per bag or similar sized manageable bundle for garden waste. Maximum weight is 15kg per bag. A maximum of 20 garden waste bags can be collected per transaction. There is a minimum charge of £10.00
• Kirklees Passport holders get a 50% discount. If you are a Kirklees Passport holder, you will need the Kirklees Passport number to apply the discount.
• Households receiving assisted bin collections are entitled to two free collections between 1 April and 31 March the following year. The number and type of items to be included in free collections are:
  • One large electrical item such as a fridge, freezer, washing machine, this will be classed as 1 free collection (£30) or
  • One large bulky item such as a sofa, settee, recliner, armchair, mattress, this will be classed as 1 free collection (£30) or
  • Four small standard/electrical bulky items, this will be classed as 1 free collection (£44)
  Residents do have the choice to combine any of those free options. To book this please contact Kirklees Direct on 01484 414700.
• All quotes for special collection items are valid 1 month from receipt.