How do you get rubbish collected cheaply if the council won't do it?

[Thepeopleversuswork]

Not an AIBU so apologies for the hijack but am at my wits' end: the rubbish collection service where I live is so dysfunction it's basically useless. Rubbish collection (non recycling rubbish) is once a fortnight and most of the time the bin men don't take half of the stuff in the bin for reasons best known to themselves.

We've moved in fairly recently (six weeks ago) and have been trying to eke out the disposal of non perishable rubbish from the move week by week but have worked out that on current form this will take about six months because the bin collection is so erratic. We've still got 12 plus bags of stuff which isn't really good enough for charity shop disposal but needs to be got rid of. At the moment its being stored in the garden (its not perishable so no particular hygiene risk) but as the weather gets warmer and we start using the garden I don't want masses of bin bags outside.

I don't want to fork out the £100 or so quid for a Clearabee or equivalent for 12 bin bags but there must be alternative services between the worse than useless council rubbish disposal and the commercial ones?

Any advice gratefully received!

The tip?

local tip - you should have no issue in getting rid of that... however tips may also have ridiculous rules...

Can you not drive it to the tip?

Can you not take it yourself to your local tip ?

Recycling centre but you will need to sort it..
Otherwise you have to pay. And pay the going rate otherwise it's likely to be fly tipped and your liable

Take it to local tip - opening hours and what take on your local council website.
What is it? Anything you could offer free on Facebook?

If you don’t drive can a friend drive you to the tip? I’d do that for a friend.

The council usually do a kerbside collection for a reasonable amount.

Take it all to the tip, they can have restrictions on the number of times you can visit in a year but you could get rid of the lot.

Book a bulky waste collection from the council?

Our charges £30 for 12 black bags.

You need to do a tip run.

Have you phoned the council to ask why the bin collection is as it is?

Drive (taxi??) to the tip.

Your council might do a bulk uplift service - in my area I think we get one free a year and after that it's chargeable.

Like everyone else has said - I would take it to the tip.

Presuming you are going to say you don't drive / don't have a car, then what about getting a friend to do a tip run for you and you can treat them to something in exchange.

Or, if you ask on your local FB, you can pay someone to do that for you (make sure they have a waste licences that you see, and aren't the local fly tippers.)

Drive it all to the tip.
or ask a friend/family member to help if you don't drive/don't have car

** the tip is now usually a recycling centre and won't accept unsorted rubbish

I don't drive so can't go to the tip, sadly. I can ask a mate.

Do some research -
ask new neighbours about local recycling service.

Look on line at your local council website for tip information.

In my area there are big green bins for clothing, shoes, glass etc. on some roadside lay-bys. Others in supermarket car parks. (eg for Salvation Army)

Charity shops sell what they can’t or don’t want to rag merchants. They are paid by weight. Ask about that.

Sort your stuff into clothing, non recyclables etc.
Come on, you can do it.

Is any of it likely be useful to someone else? Give it away on a local FB or Freecycle site if so.

Seems a shame if it's all destined for landfill.

I think these days with so many shysters about it's better to take your own to the council household recycling site.
Have you never done a tip run? It's great, all the areas are marked, yours sounds like it will go into Household or Bulky. Beware the attendants, they know exactly what belongs where.
You might need to book a slot, but in this area you can book the same morning.

Have you phoned the council, spoken to them and then followed it up with an email?

What are the 12 bags of 'stuff' filled with??? Is it moving boxes and bubble wrap? Clothes or something else?

Along with checking your council website for options, join nextdoor.com in your new area. I often see requests in my area for help moving something, carrying a fridge or taking things from A to B etc.

If anything might be useable, put it on freecycle or the ovia apps

Every time you go out, take a carrier bag of 'stuff' with you and dispose in a bin on the street. (not my preferred option, but an option!)

Ours is only emptied every 3 weeks!! I pay a local business £12 to empty the bin between council collections.