Waste Management, Collection and Rubbish Clearance in Surrey

Prices depend on the volume (and/or weight) of waste collected.  We have priced waste collections in cubic yards the same as skip hire.  One cubic yard is the size of a bulk bag (you may have seen building materials delivered in these bags).  4 cubic yards is equal to a small skip, 6/7 cubic yards is the same as the typical skip you see on most driveways.

Rubbish removal costs include an allocated labour time on site and disposal costs.

Additional costs for mattresses, tyres, fridges, and some other items will be a direct cost from the waste transfer station to cover higher recycling rates. Roupcycle pays a rate for disposal by weight, therefore there may be additional charges for heavy waste.

If you are unsure, please send us a photo and a description of what you have to go.

As a rule of thumb, plan for a van load per bedroom in the house.  These are many factors that can affect the price, is the property cluttered or is it very neat? For a flat clearance, what floor level is it on?  Are items in the garden, shed and garage to go?  Have tins of food, crockery and clothing been removed from draws, cupboards and wardrobes?

A member of the Roupcycle team would be more that happy to arrange a site visit and talk you through the process.

The save money we advise that you try to dispose of items for free (or make a bit of money back) by donating, listing on social marketplaces or use various selling platforms available.  Unfortunately, Roupcycle does not buy items nor sell furniture on behalf of our customers. We would also be unable to offer a van service to deliver large items.  Roupcycle can assist with putting you in touch with ‘man and van’ delivery companies as well as various charities.

A wait & load collection is especially popular with strip-out and refurbishment.  Often commercial or trade customers require this service for a quick turn around of rubbish removal or unable to get a skip on site.

Roupcycle provides a collector and a time on site.  The minimum is 7 cubic yards / 500kg (half a van) for 30 minutes on site.  We will of course help loading but labour on site is required.

It is cheaper to use a ‘man and van’ style service for a bulky waste collection such as a declutter, house or garage clearance.  The shape of a skip can leave void spaces when filling it with bulky items such as furniture. You must not overfill a skip so should you have more waste you will need to arrange an exchange. Should you arrange a van collection and have more waste, this is no problem, we can charge accordingly.

Skip hire is ideal for heavy dense building or landscaping waste. With the van collections, the disposal company pay a waste transfer station according to the weight of the load.  With skip hire you pay the same price if there is 500kg in the skip or 5 tonne.

Unfortunately, not.  It is not a like for like service.  We do not ask you to leave the item(s) on the end of the driveway on a specific day. Roupcycle provides an on-demand service with a same day or next day collection.  We can provide a two-person team to assist removing items out of the home.  Our disposal costs are also not subsidised by council tax; therefore, we pay a higher disposal rate.

Soil, rubble, concrete, ceramics (toilet, basing etc), metal and timber used in construction or building structures.

Depending on the waste type, it is taken to a licenced facility.  For general waste this is a licenced waste transfer station who separate waste materials by hand and machinery.  Clean green waste is taken to a composting facility. Clinical waste is taken to an incinerator, the treated material is then used to create energy from waste. Metal is recycled with larger scrap metal yards. Our shredded paper is taken to one of our larger partners where it is baled and resold to paper mills in the UK to be pulped and become new paper products.

From the moment we start loading the van, we think about segregating the waste streams.  This will increase the recycle rates of the materials we collect.  We are selective in the licence waste transfer stations that we use, ensuring they have a minimum 95% recycle rates, with the aim to or achieving 100% diversion from landfill.

Certain waste types or materials, we can recover metals, paper and cardboard which we recycle 100% inhouse.  Items from bulky waste or decluttering clearances, there may be items that can be donated, fixed or resold.

Roupcycle has (and continues to) reinvest in our fleet of vehicles to ensure they are Euro 6 compliant and continually work on ensuring routes are economical.  For jobs further afield, it may be more beneficial to use a closer verified service provided.  These many small steps have enabled us to reduce our CO2 footprint.