Typical household waste or rubbish is relatively light, weighing in at about 150 kg per cubic metre or less. The typical sorts of items that are considered household rubbish would be unwanted clothes, books, cardboard, and other packaging, plastic items, toys, white goods, electrical items (like kettles or toasters), furniture, green garden cuttings.

Typical mixed building or construction waste is heavy, weighing in at about 1,500 kg per cubic metre or more (about 10 times heavier than light waste). The typical sorts of items that cause construction and building waste to be heavy are materials like bricks, concrete, sand, soil, rocks, hardwoods, plaster, tree trunks greater than 100mm in diameter and tree stumps. It is OK to mix lighter materials with these heavy materials.

Masonry is inert building materials such as bricks, mortar, concrete, roof tiles (terracotta or concrete) and pavers (ceramic or concrete). These materials are destined for recycling, so it is important that there is no other waste type put in the bin, otherwise it will be treated as heavy builders’ wastes.

Green waste for recycling is organic vegetation including branches, leaves, vines, plants and grass cuttings. Tree trunks with a diameter of less than 150 mm. Root balls with dirt removed. No processed, treated or man-made timber products. Green waste should not be contaminated with other materials, otherwise it cannot be recycers, phone

Green waste for recycling is organic vegetation including branches, leaves, vines, plants and grass cuttings. Tree trunks with a diameter of less than 150 mm. Root balls with dirt removed. No processed, treated or man-made timber products. Green waste should not be contaminated with other materials, otherwise it cannot be recycled.

Timber Waste can only contain Untreated, unpainted and unprocessed wood. It can contain only minimal amounts of nails. Processed wood, such as laminated timber, particle board, painted timbers or compressed board is not considered timber for the purpose of recycling. Timber containing processed or painted wood will be treated as mixed general waste.

Clean fill is a term used to describe freshly excavated soil that does not contain man-made materials like bricks or concrete, or other contaminants. Clean Fill can contain soil, sand and naturally occurring rock. In some areas, the soil can contain clay, although check with us as this does change between areas and the moisture content of the clay.

Asbestos cannot be disposed of in regular skip bins or with household waste. It requires special handling and disposal due to its hazardous nature. Asbestos must be placed in a specifically lined skip bin and then transported to a licensed landfill that accepts asbestos. Call us and we will assist you.