Accepted & Not Accepted Waste

Use this quick reference guide to see what types of waste we accept at HIPPO and which waste service may best suit your needs.

Waste Accepted

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Armchair 1
Bathroom Suites
BBQ
(No gas bottles)
Bean bags 1
Bedroom Furniture
Bin Bag
(No confidential waste)
Carpet
Central Heating Equipment
Ceramics
Chairs
with Upholstery/Fabric
1
Chairs
without Upholstery/Fabric
Computer Tower
Cushions 1
Decking – Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) 4 4 4
Decking (Non-hazardous waste) 4 4 4
Desktop Printer
(No toner or ink)
Dishwasher
Doors
DVD Player
Fence Panels
Fence Posts – Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) 4 4 4
Fence Posts (Non-hazardous Waste 4 4 4
Fireplace
Footstools & Ottomans
with Upholstery/Fabric
1
Footstools & Ottomans
without Upholstery/Fabric
1
Fridge/Freezer 1
Garden Furniture
with Upholstery/Fabric
1
Garden Furniture
without Upholstery/Fabric
Garden Waste
(No invasive plants)
Kitchen Cabinets
Laptop 1
Lawnmower
(Emptied of fuel/oil)
Mattress 1 1
Microwave
Office Chair 1
Office Furniture
Office Lamp
(No bulbs or fluro tubes)
Oven
Paint Tins
Lids removed and dry inside
Pallets
Patio Slabs
Photocopier
(No toner/ink)
Plasterboard
(Clean and segregated from other waste in a bag or wrapped)
Post Light
(No bulbs/batteries)
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
Radiator
Rubble 2
Sink & Stand
Sofa 1
Sofa Bed 1
Soil 2
Speakers
Stereo
Swing
Table
Television/PC Monitor 1
Toilet
Tumble Dryer
Tyres 1
Video Recorder
Washing Machine
Wheelbarrow
Windows – UPVC
Windows – Wood pre-2007 3 3 3
Windows – Wood post-2007 3 3 3
Worktops
Wooden Shed
(Dismantled)
Wood from buildings constructed pre-2007 3 3 3
Wood from buildings constructed post-2007 3 3 3

 

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Waste Not Accepted

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Asbestos
Batteries
Cables
Cathode-ray Tubes
Circuit Boards
Clay
Clinical Waste
Cooling Agents
Corrosive Substances
Explosives
Flame Retardants
Fluorescent Tubes
Food Waste
Gas Bottles
Human/Animal Waste
Insulation Foam
Irritants
Large Tree Roots
Liquid Waste, Oil or Paint
Oily Rags & Motor Parts
Paint Tins – Unless lids removed and dry
Plastic Casing
Powder Materials
(Cement, sawdust, gypsum, etc.)
Sharps
(Needles)
Sodium Lamps
Toxic Substances

 

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1 These items incur an additional fee for disposal. At checkout, please follow instructions for these items to be collected.

2 Bagged in rubble sacks. Max weight per sack: 25kg

3 Wood created for building construction prior to 2007 may contain pollutants and needs to be proven as non-hazardous. Restricted items include:

  • Barge Boards
  • Fascias and soffits
  • External joinery
  • External doors
  • External windows
  • Roof timbers
  • Tiling cladding
  • Tiling battens
  • Timber frames
  • Timber joists

4 Wood such as that used for decking and fence posts that is weather treated is hazardous waste. The material needs to be tested by an approved laboratory to prove it is non-hazardous waste, otherwise they are treated as hazardous waste by the waste transfer stations and incur an additional surcharge.