You can book to have small items collected from outside your home for free.
This can include:
- textiles, clothes and shoes
- small electricals
- household batteries
What we can collect
We can collect up to 7 items per booking.
An item is defined as:
- batteries: 1 sandwich bag size
- electrical or electronic item: 1 small or medium appliance
- textiles: 1 black bag or equivalent
A full list of what we can and can not collect is on our terms and conditions page.
If you have large household items that you want to get rid of, you can book a bulky waste collection.
Book a collection
You can book a slot in the next 8 weeks.
Book a small items recycling collection
Make sure you add every item you want to be collected to your booking. Our collection crew will only take items that match the booking request.
Change or cancel a booking
You cannot change the items booked or the date of a booking. Make sure you’ve added everything to your booking that you want to be collected.
You can cancel your booking at any point before the collection takes place.
On collection day
The crew will collect the items between 6.00am and 6.00pm on your booked day. You do not need to be at home on the day.
You must make sure that all items:
- are outside by 6.00am on the day of your booking
- have nothing left inside them
- are visible and easily accessible from the road
- do not have parked cars between the items and the road
We cannot collect items from inside blocks of flats, back gardens, garages or sheds.
If you live in a block of flats, put your items next to the bin store area (not inside it) on the morning of your collection.
It is your responsibility to make sure that the items are available for the crew to collect.
Missed collection
If the collection crew has not collected the items by 6.00pm on your booked day, you can report this missed collection online.
Missed collections must be reported within 2 working days.