Disposing of household items that do not fit in your bins
If your household items need to be disposed of because they can’t be reused or donated, then you can either take them to the Redfield Road Recycling Centre for free, or pay a small fee for a Bulky Waste Collection.
- Click to visit the Household Waste & Recycling Centre Webpage
Please note, these services are for domestic households only. We do not offer this service to businesses or organisations, who must arrange commercial waste collection.
Nottingham City Housing Trial
As part of a trial, council tenants in a house or two storey building with flats (not including high and mid-rise buildings), are being offered limited free bulky waste collections of upholstered, non-upholstered, and electrical items. From October to December 2025, eligible households can book the free collections via the usual bulky waste request form. Once you've entered your address the form will indicate the available free collections.
Types of Bulky Waste Collection
Due to government regulations, upholstered items such as sofas and chairs will be collected on a different vehicle from any other items, as they may contain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP's) from flame retardant treatments, and can’t be mixed with other waste items. Electrical items are also collected separately, due to risk of fire, and compressed gases in items such as fridge freezers. For these reasons, there is a separate charge for each of these services.
Click to visit the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP's) Webpage
- Non-upholstered items: Collections cost £26 for up to 6 items, such as a bed frame, mattress, dressing table, wardrobe, wooden chair, and table.
- Upholstered items: Collections cost £26 for up to 6 upholstered items, such as a sofa, armchair, footstall, and upholstered chair.
- Electrical Items: Collections cost £12.50 for the first item, then £7.50 for each additional item, such as domestic fridge-freezer, television, and tumble drier.
When booking multiple collections, please be aware your items may be collected at different times and/or on different days, even if you have paid for them at the same time.
If you are in receipt of Council Tax Support, you are entitled to one free collection of non-upholstered items OR upholstered items per 12 months. Electrical item collections are not included.
Some residents living in council housing are eligible for a limited number of free bulky waste collections, as part of a trial beginning October. You can find more information about the trial and who is eligible on the Housing Services website.
We can collect a wide range of items that do not fit in your wheeled bin, but there are certain items that we are unable to collect.
- Asbestos
- Business or commercial waste
- Batteries
- Construction materials such as bricks, rubble, tiles, plasterboard, concrete, soil
- Car parts or tyres
- Clinical Waste (Click Link for advice on how to dispose of this)
- Chemicals
- Commercials style fridges and freezers
- Dead Animals
- Fluorescent tubes
- Fitted kitchen or bedroom units
- Gas bottles or canisters
- Household waste that should go in your residual waste, recycling or garden waste bin
- Paint, pesticides and oil (including cooking oil)
Plasterboard - Large panes of glass or windows
- Very hard materials such as marble
- Waste from house clearances
We also cannot collect items that are too large or heavy to be safely lifted into our vehicles.
Book a Bulky Waste Collection
Completing this service should take around 5 minutes.
Book a Bulky Waste CollectionWhere can I dispose of my items for free?
We encourage residents to consider donating second-hand furniture and appliances if they are in good condition, with some organisations offering free collection. Organisations that may be interested in your bulky items include:
How can I dispose of items that are not accepted in your bulky waste?
Nottingham City residents can dispose of larger items, garden waste, textiles, rubble and more, at the Redfield Road Recycling Centre. When visiting you may be asked to produce proof of being a City resident.
Find further information about the Recycling Centre by clicking following link: Recycling Centre - Nottingham City Council
Residents can book skips through the council or other registered Waste Carriers. It is important to note that householders have a legal responsibility to ensure that only registered Waste Carriers collect their waste.
The Environment Agency has a public register with all the companies with Waste Carrier Licences. Anyone offering waste collection services even gardeners or builders need a licence to do so.
Check for a valid Waste Carriers License by clicking following link: Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers (data.gov.uk)
If your waste carrier does not have the correct licence, and then disposes of your waste illegally, you as the householder will be held responsible. This will leave you liable to prosecution and a fine, as well as being charged for the clean-up and proper disposal of your waste.
Why do I have to pay for this service in addition to Council Tax?
The Controlled Waste regulations 1992 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990 govern the collection of domestic waste and states that councils can charge for the collection of certain materials which includes:
- Any article of waste which exceeds 25 kilograms in weight.
- Any article of waste which does not fit, or cannot be fitted into: a receptacle for household waste provided in accordance with section 46; or where no such receptacle is provided, a cylindrical container 750 millimetres in diameter and 1 metre in length.
Cancelling a Collection
If you need to cancel your bulky waste collection, please follow the instructions in the booking confirmation email.
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