Permits for vans, flatbeds or trailers You will need a permit if you are carrying your waste in a van, flatbed or trailer (between 2-3 metres long). Permits are free and you can apply for a permit via the MWDA website or call 0151 236 0305.
Can I take a Transit van to the tip?
Yes, and you’ll need to view your local authority’s waste and recycling information for the specifics. In general, you won’t be able to take prohibited items (such as asbestos, petrol or car parts). And you won’t be able to take commercial waste under a domestic permit.
Can I take a sofa to the tip Liverpool?
There are re-use shops at the Household Waste Recycling Centres in Old Swan in Liverpool and South Sefton in Bootle, where you can donate furniture. Furniture can also be taken to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre, and your local Council may also offer a service for the collection of bulky household waste.
What can you take to the tip UK?
What you can take to the household waste recycling centre (tip)
- green garden waste.
- wood and chipboards.
- cardboard.
- paper.
- metal.
- large electrical items.
- small electrical items.
- hard plastics.
Are the tips open in Liverpool today?
sites are open 8.00 am – 8.00 pm every day.
Can I take a Luton van to the tip?
Vehicles including trailers larger than 1.8m x 1.2m and those with double axel wheels are not permitted on site at any time. The following vehicles require a permit to access HWRCs: vans.
Can I take a van to the tip in Manchester?
Yes, the permit is valid at any of the 20 household waste recycling centres in the 9 council areas of Greater Manchester. If you have a van or pickup truck over 2 metres high, then you can use the permit at any of the transfer loading stations which is where the council vehicles tip off.
How do I get rid of a mattress in Liverpool?
Household Collections
We offer household bulky item collections services as part of both Liverpool City Council and Oldham Council. Each scheme includes the removal of pre-loved furniture items which are cleaned up and repaired, and taken for reuse wherever possible as part of our mission to End Furniture Poverty.
Can you take a mattress to the tip Liverpool?
Items we accept
All lightbulbs, engine oil, fluorescent tubes, fridges and freezers, furniture, garden waste, glass bottles, mattresses, paper, plastic bottles, large plastics, plasterboard (gypsum), printer cartridges, rubble, scrap metal, textiles/clothes/shoes, tetra paks, timber/wood, tools, tyres, soils.
Will tips take mattresses?
Take Your Mattress to the Tip
If you own a car, the cheapest option for getting rid of your mattress, especially when it is in poor condition, would be to take it to the local tip.
Can I take a toilet to the tip UK?
When sinks, toilets and baths are cracked, badly chipped and cannot be re-purposed or re-sold they can be disposed of at Recycling Centres.
Can you take a sofa to the tip UK?
Arrange a special collection for large waste items – most councils will collect things like old sofas, fridges or washing machines for a fee.
Can you throw a microwave in the bin?
1. Take it to the local recycling centre. Under white goods disposal law, households are asked not to put microwaves and other waste electrical and electronic equipment into their domestic or general waste bins due to the harm it can cause to the environment if it ends up in landfills.
Can I take a bed to the local tip?
Take your mattress to the local tip
If you have a vehicle large enough to transport your mattress, you can take the mattress to the tip. However, it may just end up as a landfill, so you may prefer to pay up and let the council collect the mattress, or you might wish to take the mattress to a recycling centre.
Do local tips take Fridges?
For most local tips, you don’t have to book in advance to take your waste and you can just turn up. This means that no matter how urgently you need to shift your fridge, you can decide at the last minute to take it to the tip (as long as it is open), making it a fairly flexible way to get rid of your waste.
Do local tips take paint?
Paint can only be taken to your local household waste recycling centre to be disposed of. It is preferable if it is dry and hardened, although the sites can accept wet paint in the size of paint tin you would normally use for household projects usually up to 5 litres.
Can you take a wheel and TYRE to the tip?
Only registered waste carriers are legally allowed to dispose of tyres, so if you do find somewhere that offers to take them, make sure you ask to see their license. You won’t be allowed to throw tyres away in a skip.
Can I drive a 3.5 tonne Luton van?
You can drive a van up to 3,500kg if you have a standard car driving licence. View your driving licence information to check what types of vehicles you can drive.
What is a Luton van classed as?
A Luton van is classed as a PLG (Private/Light Goods) vehicle, can be driven on a normal car licence and can have a GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) of no more than 3,500kg.
Do I need to book to go to my local tip?
To visit one of our household waste recycling centres (HWRC) you must book a slot in advance.
Can I take carpet to the tip UK?
You can take carpet and rugs, free of charge, to all our household waste recycling centres. If your carpet or rug is in good condition you can take it for reuse at all our sites. If it is unusable it can be placed in the waste for energy recovery skip at all sites.